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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, The hidden life of domestic things

    Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the TTIP.

  2. Ambivalent atheism; Neoliberalism and old age

    Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification.

  3. Human Rights in Northern Ireland, Social Mobility and Education

    Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.

  4. Being Single - Modern Romance

    Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.

  5. Female Serial Killers, Secular Stagnation

    Laurie Taylor discusses female serial killers. Plus low economic growth and the future.

  6. Russia's Red Web - Older Entrepreneurs

    Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet.

  7. Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages

    Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.

  8. Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform

    Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.

  9. Prison gangs in US, Millionaire children

    A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?

  10. The colour black, Mixed-race people

    Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the colour black.

  11. Middle-class drug dealers, Globalisation of white collar work

    Laurie Taylor discusses a study into the selling of drugs among teens in suburban America.

  12. Arab Londoners - Migrants and British identity

    Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British identity.

  13. Factory music, Volunteering post-recession

    Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.

  14. White Working Class Boys; French Thought

    White, working-class boys at school. Also, the French intellectual tradition.

  15. The 'Precariat'; Humour in Sociology

    Laurie Taylor asks if there is an emerging mass class characterised by insecurity.

  16. Lesbian Lives in Russia; Big Data

    The changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of Russian state communism.

  17. Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame

    The future of the A-level. Plus the role of blame within the criminal justice system.

  18. The 'Happiness Industry' - The 'Wellness Syndrome'

    The 'Happiness Industry'. Also, 'wellness syndrome'.

  19. Poverty in Britain; Unemployment As a Choice

    Is poverty in Britain increasing? Plus unemployment as a 'choice'.

  20. The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work

    Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.

  21. Division of Domestic Labour - Gentrification and Working-Class Residents

    The impact of gentrification on working-class people. Plus the division of domestic labour

  22. Post Traumatic Stress; Managing Beds in the NHS

    Post traumatic stress in combat veterans and managing beds in the NHS.

  23. Stories Behind Immigration - Winner of the Ethnography Award

    The winner of the 2015 大象传媒/BSA Ethnography Award.

  24. The Ethnography Award 'Shortlist'

    Programme devoted to the academic research shortlisted for the Thinking Allowed award.

  25. Free Will Explored

    Laurie Taylor explores free will and pets as family.

  26. Citizenship Ceremonies; Family Ties and Genetics

    Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens.

  27. Global Clothing and Poverty; Fur Inheritance in Poland

    Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing.

  28. Love, Money and HIV in Kenya, Microbreweries

    Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women.

  29. Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,

    Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.

  30. Commercial Surrogacy in India, Money

    Commercial surrogacy in India and beyond, plus new kinds of money. With Laurie Taylor.

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