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Prison Clothing - Lewes Arms Boycott
Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott.
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Solo Living - Response to Wall Street
Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society?
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Anthropology of Wall Street - Rural Idyll
Laurie Taylor talks to the anthroplogist who spent a year studying Wall Street.
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E-Elections - Jazz
Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology?
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White Collar Crime: Punishment of Crime
3/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.
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White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime
2/3 Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?
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White Collar Crime: Culture of Crime
1/3 Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why?
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Organ Donation - Flip Flops
The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.
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Suburbia Planning - Modernity Forgets
From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.
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Modern-day Grave Goods - Politics of Alcohol
Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.
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Punishing the Poor
Sociologist Loic Wacquant discusses the consequences of a growing US prison system.
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Criminal Communication - Scandal
Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication.
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Acquaintance - Tea Rooms
Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances.
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Restorative Justice in N.I - RG Collingwood
The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland.
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Boffins - WWI Emotions
Can children be both clever and popular in school? Laurie explores the role of class swot.
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Return Migration - Pensioners and Identity Politics
Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration.
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Richard Hoggart
Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart.
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Personal Insecurity and Religious Belief - Oxford Admissions
Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research.
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The British Bobby - Scottish Diaspora
Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.
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Islamic Movement in Turkey - Fair Access to Work
How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.
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Cervantes Don Quixote - Cultural Hybridity
Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?
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Black Girls and British Education - Roads
Why black girls succeed and fail in education?
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Equal Societies - Teddy Bears
Is an unequal society bad for your health?
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Darwin and Modernity - Female Voyeurism as Sex Torism in Thailand
With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?
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Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Lesbian Motherhood
Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause
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Geopolitics and Empire - Romani Culture
Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.
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Potatoes - Leisure Pleasure
Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.
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Human Zoos - Girl Racers
Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.
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British Constitution - Anciet Rome and Modern America
Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US?
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Betting Shops - Women on the Line
Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses.
