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    Passengering - Superclass

    Laurie Taylor explores the conventions and rituals of car passengers with Dr Eric Laurier.

  2. Cook Books and Identity - Culture and Globalization

    Laurie Taylor and Andrea Tonner discuss celebrity cook books and Britain鈥檚 food culture.

  3. Gay Chav Erotic - Investment Clubs

    Laurie Taylor reflects on the homosexual eroticization of class with Paul Johnson.

  4. Pets as Kin - India and Spirituality

    Laurie Taylor explores the relationship between the British and their pets.

  5. Cities and Ethnicities

    Laurie Taylor asks if identifying cities rather than nations can help racial integration.

  6. Marseille

    Laurie Taylor visits Marseille to explore its unique racial geography.

  7. Scottish Independence - Viewing the Recently Dead: Feedback

    Laurie Taylor considers the rise of Scottish nationalism since the end of WW2.

  8. Euro-Islamaphobia - Viewing the Recently Dead

    Laurie Taylor discusses how our responses to viewing the 鈥榬ecently dead鈥� have changed.

  9. Mass Collaboration - Free Trade

    Laurie Taylor explores the phenomenon 'We-Think' with Charles Leadbeater.

  10. Hoodies - City Planning

    Laurie Taylor debates the 鈥榤oral panic鈥� generated by young people wearing hooded tops.

  11. Superheroes - Ribbon Culture

    Laurie Taylor discusses the enduring appeal of Superheroes with Roz Kaveney.

  12. Family Life Running Hotels - Slum Travellers

    Laurie Taylor explores the lot of London's poor a century ago.

  13. Craftwork and Skill

    Laurie Taylor puts human behaviour, institutions and conventions under the microscope.

  14. Urban Nightlife - The Burlesque

    Laurie Taylor puts human behaviour, institutions and conventions under the microscope.

  15. Culture of Apocalypse -Politics of the Veil

    Laurie Taylor and guests debate the culture of apocalyptical theories in America.

  16. Wealthy Irish and Sandwiches

    Laurie Taylor is joined by John Murray Brown to discuss the new found wealth of the Irish.

  17. Violence - Arab Television

    Laurie Taylor discusses acts of violence with cultural philosopher Slavoj 沤i啪ek.

  18. Cities and Memory - Berlin Extra

    Laurie Taylor discusses how cities reflect the pride and shame of what has gone before.

  19. Ghosts of Berlin

    Laurie Taylor explores the city of Berlin's continuing struggle with its troubled history.

  20. The British Love of Gardening - Finance and World Events

    Laurie Taylor explores the history of British gardening and financial markets.

  21. Sex Trafficking - Hunger

    Laurie Taylor explores the history of hunger and exposes the myths of human trafficking.

  22. Grandparents - Tourism

    What makes a good Grandparent? Laurie Taylor discovers the secret to a good relationship.

  23. Globalization

    Laurie Taylor discusses the accelerating process of globalisation with Professor Stiglitz.

  24. Bob Marley - John Stuart Mill

    Laurie Taylor debates the cultural impact of Bob Marley鈥檚 music with Dr Jason Toynbee.

  25. Suicide Bombers - Luxury

    Laurie Taylor tries to understand present-day suicide bombers with James Dingley.

  26. The Day of the Dead - Uses of Nature

    Laurie Taylor debates the uses of nature and asks if it really is so good for us.

  27. Channel Four - Day of the Dead

    Laurie Taylor celebrates the 25 years of Channel 4 and the Mexican 鈥楧ay of the Dead鈥�.

  28. China and the Markets - UFO

    Laurie Taylor explores our relationship with aliens to understand the nature of faith.

  29. Gender Voting - Revolution

    Laurie Taylor explores whether revolutions are violently bad or just misunderstood.

  30. The Hairless Body - Ghosts

    Wax or shave? Laurie Taylor discusses the war on body hair with Professor Anneke Smelik.

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