Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now

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

Gentrification in Harlem
Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York.

Horses - Comfort of Things
Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses and their personal possessions.

Boxing - Urban Outcasts
Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation.

Population Control - Torture and Democracy
Laurie Taylor debates how much influence states should have on their administrations.

Hikikomori - Women's Anti-Suffrage
Laurie Taylor explores why Japanese adolescents are acutely withdrawing from society.

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

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

Cook Books and Identity - Culture and Globalization
Laurie Taylor and Andrea Tonner discuss celebrity cook books and Britain’s food culture.

Gay Chav Erotic - Investment Clubs
Laurie Taylor reflects on the homosexual eroticization of class with Paul Johnson.