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    Organisation/Disorganisation

    Laurie Taylor discusses the many individualistic ways in which things can be organised.

  2. Male Immaturity - Female Political Prisoners

    Laurie Taylor explores the contention that men might be failing to grow up.

  3. Women and Domesticity - Corruption

    Laurie Taylor talks to Amanda Vickery about the history of the home.

  4. US Elections and the Media - Tribute to Studs Terkel

    Laurie Taylor considers if the printed press is in decline.

  5. Human Remains in Museum Collections - Suicide Rates

    Laurie Taylor debates the changing attitudes towards the bodies displayed in our museums.

  6. Urban Crime and Disorder - Demography of Death

    Laurie Taylor speaks to Harvard's Robert Sampson about what causes disorder in cities.

  7. Predicting the Financial Crisis - Work/Life Balance

    Richard Dale discusses his recipe for financial crisis with Laurie Taylor.

  8. Durkheim and Financial Collapse - Obesity

    Laurie Taylor debates Emile Durkheim鈥檚 'Suicide' theory with Professor Steven Lukes.

  9. Tartan - Dog Ownership

    Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and political history of tartan with Jonathan Faiers.

  10. Crime and Consumerism - Meaning of Marriage

    Laurie Taylor debates the dark side of consumer culture with Steve Hall & Paddy Rawlinson.

  11. Class and Reality TV - Balti Britain

    Laurie Taylor discusses the sub-text of reality TV programmes with Prof. Beverley Skeggs.

  12. Caf茅 Culture 鈥� Human Waste

    Laurie Taylor examines our behaviour in coffee shops with Dr Eric Laurier.

  13. Corporate PR - Highrise Living

    Laurie Taylor discusses whether 鈥楥orporate Spin鈥� has launched an assault on democracy.

  14. Imagination and the City

    Laurie Taylor is joined by Will Self, Richard Sennett and Doreen Massey.

  15. Imagination and the Suburbs

    Laurie Taylor talks to writer Iain Sinclair and sociologists Paul Barker and Nick Hubble.

  16. Imagination and the Countryside

    The dream the British have of the countryside is not always borne out by experience.

  17. Women and Gambling - Cleanliness

    Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey about her research into women鈥檚 gambling experiences.

  18. Punters - Cultural Transfer

    Laurie Taylor explores the complex relationships between sex workers and regular clients.

  19. Bad Medicine - Heritage Miners

    Laurie Taylor reappraises the history of medicine with David Wootton and David Armstrong.

  20. World Dress - Relationships at Work

    Laurie Taylor discusses the world domination of the western business suit.

  21. Glamour - Advertising

    Laurie Taylor discusses the history of glamour with Stephen Gundle.

  22. Trust

    Laurie Taylor discusses the nature of trust in modern society with theorist Marek Kohn.

  23. Violence - Victorian Slum

    Laurie Taylor debates the rituals and micro-dynamics of violence.

  24. Gentrification

    Laurie Taylor discusses the driving forces and patterns of gentrification in the UK.

  25. Gentrification in Harlem

    Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York.

  26. Horses - Comfort of Things

    Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses and their personal possessions.

  27. Boxing - Urban Outcasts

    Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation.

  28. Population Control - Torture and Democracy

    Laurie Taylor debates how much influence states should have on their administrations.

  29. Hikikomori - Women's Anti-Suffrage

    Laurie Taylor explores why Japanese adolescents are acutely withdrawing from society.

  30. Hearing Voices - Paganism

    Laurie Taylor talks to Dr Julie Kirby about her research into people who hear voices.

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