Thinking Allowed Episodes Episode guide
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Alistair Cooke and Bio-Piracy - Wedding Presents
Laurie Taylor examines the phenomenon of bio-piracy and wedding present etiquette.
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Does Europe Hate America? - Tourist TV
Laurie Taylor considers anti-American attitudes in Europe and TV holiday destinations.
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Resource Nationalism - Democratising Fashion
Laurie Taylor discusses how ‘Resource Nationalism’ affects foreign affairs policy.
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Whither the Welfare State?
Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.
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War In The Air
Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.
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The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in Schools
Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.
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The Subway
Laurie Taylor goes underground - from New York to Delhi.
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The Secret World of Hair
An anthropological journey through the world of hair.
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The Restaurant: A Taste of Class
Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.
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The Mafia - organised crime
The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK
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Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club
The philosophy of sport, and the evolution of a African Caribbean football club.
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Sectarianisation - the Middle East
Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.
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Robots and AI
Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non dystopian look at future possibilities
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Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation
Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.
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Management Jargon
Why is meaningless speech in the workplace so ubiquitous?
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Hospices - Palliative Care
Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.
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Global inequality - 'signs of nation'
Is the Global South catching up with the North?
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Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.
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Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.
Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?
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Countercultural seekers/ slum tourism.
Counter cultural seekers and meaning of the hippy trail. Also, slum tourism in Mumbai.
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Affluence
Affluence - from the Kalahari desert to Wall St.
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Affluence
Affluence - from the Kalahari desert to Wall St.
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25/03/2020
New research on how society works.
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22/05/2013
Laurie Taylor explores a social history of live music from 1950 to 1967.
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22/04/2020
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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15/04/2020
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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11/05/2020
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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08/04/2020
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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06/04/2020
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.