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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Hebden Bridge; neighbours

    Laurie Taylor explores the fortunes of Hebden Bridge. Also, a social history of neighbours

  2. Nationhood; recognising transgender

    Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books

  3. Raoul Moat - the media story; Indian sex workers

    Raoul Moat - the media story, and prostitutes in Calcutta.

  4. The High-life and the Row-life

    Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.

  5. Rubbish - Civil Partnerships

    Rubbish society: the social impact of waste.

  6. Steeltown - Life after Burberry

    Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns.

  7. Culinary Culture and Globalisation - Dignity

    With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity.

  8. 蜜芽传媒 at RIBA

    What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life.

  9. Private military security; whisky tourism

    Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'.

  10. Boxing styles UK vs US - Why nations fail

    Why Nations Fail. Plus boxing, UK and US style.

  11. Ambient religion - Poverty and social work

    Ambient faith and social work, and poverty between the wars. Presented by Laurie Taylor.

  12. 22/02/2012

    Laurie talks to Stefan Collini about the point of universities.

  13. Citizens without Frontiers - Monogamy in men

    New research on men and monogamy. Plus, citizens without frontiers.

  14. Obesity - Cruel Optimism

    Obesity Clinics and the 'cruel optimism' that still promises the good life.

  15. The Politics of Alcohol - Cooperation

    The British and booze, and how we can all learn to cooperate much better.

  16. Conspiracy theories - International suffering

    Exploring conspiracy theories and the suffering of strangers.

  17. Stag tourism - Men and childbirth

    Stag Tours and men's experience of childbirth. Laurie encounters the modern male.

  18. Cosmetic tourism - Debt 5,000 years

    5,000 years of debt, plus cosmetic surgery tourism.

  19. Uniforms and status in hospitals - Cities under siege

    Uniforms in hospitals and policing cities with military measures.

  20. 蜜芽传媒 Life 4: Shared 蜜芽传媒

    Laurie explores the home lifestyle of six young people who live together.

  21. Madness - Anti Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

    The rise and fall of the Anti Psychiatry movement. Also, the cultural prominence of Freud.

  22. Tipping points

    Laurie Taylor explores 'The Tipping Point' in new research at Durham University.

  23. Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex: The Claims of Parenting

    Laurie Taylor explores new research into teenage sex in the parental home.

  24. Grammar Schools and Social Mobility; The Opera Fanatic

    Laurie Taylor explores opera in Argentina, plus grammar schools and social mobility.

  25. Older gays in rural areas; Protest over art and culture in America

    Laurie Taylor explores US art protests. Also, the lives of older, gay, rural dwellers.

  26. Race and the Seaside - The Brain

    Laurie Taylor looks at the limits of science with Bryan Appleyard and John Gray.

  27. Power Restoration After Hurricane Ike - White Middle Class Identity In Urban Schools

    Laurie Taylor looks at new research about middle-class parents and schooling.

  28. Kissing men - Decline of violence in history

    Laurie Taylor explores ideas about a decline in human violence with Steven Pinker.

  29. Muslim women's basketball - Still life

    Laurie Taylor discusses: globalisation is good for you - and Muslim women's basketball.

  30. Becoming Yellow - Journalist bias

    Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing.

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