Thinking Allowed Episodes Episode guide
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Motorbikes
Motorbikes - a social and cultural history.
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The Class Ceiling
The Class Ceiling: does privilege pay?
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The changing middle classes
Laurie Taylor explores the changing middle classes.
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Surveillance
Surveillance - how we are both watchers, as well as the watched.
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Migrants - Refugees
Migrants and refugees.
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Work - what is it good for?
Laurie Taylor explores the history, harms and downsides to our contemporary work culture.
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Identity
Identity: a special programme exploring the way in which we define ourselves.
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Metrics
Laurie Taylor explores the increasing use of metrics across many aspects of our lives.
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Au pairing and domestic labour
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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White Power Movement in US - Rise of Racist Right in Europe
The White Power Movement in the US. Also, the racist, far right in Europe.
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Night-time Economy
The Night-time Economy: How has it changed over the years?
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Maoism
Maoism: its origins and development as a global political force.
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Architecture and health
Architecture, housing and health.
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Shoes
Shoes: a cultural history.
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White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity
What is white privilege? And what is the evidence that racial binaries are breaking down?
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Maps and Postcodes
Maps and postcodes - what do they reveal about our society and selves?
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Rich Russians - Millionaire tax flight
Rich Russians. Also, millionaire tax flight.
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Palaces for the People
Palaces for the People: the decline in civic life.
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Push Buttons
Push buttons: pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing.
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Creativity
Creativity re-examined. Has it become a meaningless buzz word for our times?
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Post-Truth
Post-truth - what is it and how did we get to this point?
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Drifters
Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo.
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Smart Cities
Laurie Taylor presents a special edition recorded at the Open University in Milton Keynes.
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Beauty - Ugliness
Beauty and ugliness.
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Suburbia Revisited
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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Selfies - disconnection from ICTs
'Selfies' - narcissism or self-expression? Also, choosing to disconnect from ICTs.
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Gangs and spirituality
Gangs and spirituality - can religious belief lead members away from crime?
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China today
China - how was it lifted out of poverty and what does the future hold?
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Light and Dark
How the meanings of light and dark have changed over time in the context of urban life.
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Size Discrimination
Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.
