Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now
Class and Commuting; Engaging with Climate Change
Climate change - why is it denied by so many? Plus class, commuting and the 'tube'.
Birth of Neo-Liberalism; Music, Race and Difference
Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music.
Contagion; changing masculinity in retail
Contagion - how commerce spreads disease. Also, 'boys will be boys' or will they?
Consuming passions
Consumer pleasures - the origins and evolution of the 'shopping' experience.
Intoxication
Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life.
Female jockeys; military migrants
Laurie Taylor on our multinational armed forces, and Deborah Butler on female jockeys.
Children in hospitals; History, heritage and tradition in British politics
How British political parties construct history, and children's experiences in hospital.
Work identity on the railway; how to be gay
Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis.
Family funerals; red tape
Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty.
Archaeology of homelessness; residential care revisited
Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness.
