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

The Politics of Alcohol - Cooperation
The British and booze, and how we can all learn to cooperate much better.

Conspiracy theories - International suffering
Exploring conspiracy theories and the suffering of strangers.

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

Cosmetic tourism - Debt 5,000 years
5,000 years of debt, plus cosmetic surgery tourism.

Uniforms and status in hospitals - Cities under siege
Uniforms in hospitals and policing cities with military measures.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Life 4: Shared ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Laurie explores the home lifestyle of six young people who live together.

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

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

Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex: The Claims of Parenting
Laurie Taylor explores new research into teenage sex in the parental home.