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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Loneliness

    Loneliness - is it a uniquely modern emotion?

  2. Citizenship

    Citizenship - from schools to the process by which immigrants become British citizens.

  3. Loss

    Loss - an exploration of different forms of lost experience.

  4. Water

    Water: a cultural as well as a natural substance.

  5. Nudity

    Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning.

  6. Hidden gay lives

    Hidden gay lives, from Polari to true crime stories.

  7. Borders

    Borders: from Calais to Mexico.

  8. The Religious Right in the US

    The religious right in the US - an exploration of their route to power.

  9. Black music cultures in London

    Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?

  10. Thrift

    Thrift and austerity

  11. Time

    Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years?

  12. Disasters

    Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans.

  13. Immortality - transhumanism

    Immortality and transhumanism

  14. Cool

    The origins & meaning of 'cool'

  15. Serial killers

    Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes.

  16. Estates

    Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'.

  17. Land and territory

    Land struggles: from Bolivia to Britain.

  18. Conspiracy theories

    Conspiracy theories - their origins and evolution.

  19. The Politics of Memorials

    The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta.

  20. No-Go Zones and Dangerous Holidays

    Global no-go zones and the complex overlap between conflict and tourism.

  21. Detective fiction - homicide and social media

    Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook

  22. CEO Society - Time Management

    CEO Society and Time management.

  23. Branding

    Branding - the 'persuasion industries'.

  24. Kitsch - Cute

    Cute and kitsch: their nature and changing meaning.

  25. Debt

    Debt - from household to national.

  26. Spectacular Cities

    Spectacular cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates.

  27. Corridors

    Corridors - their evolution and changing nature.

  28. Skateboarding - Parkour

    Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city.

  29. Snobbery

    Snobbery - its meaning, history and changing nature.

  30. Walls

    Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history and symbolism of human-made barriers.

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