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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    The New Economy

    Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.

  2. Politics and Emotion

    The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.

  3. GDP, Mali music

    GDP - what are its limits? Also, the music of Mali.

  4. Affluence

    Affluence - what does it mean?

  5. Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

    Marxism - does it have any contemporary relevance? Also, 'red' globalisation.

  6. War in the air

    Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

  7. Hospices - Palliative Care

    Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.

  8. Whither the Welfare State?

    Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state.

  9. Restaurants - A Taste of Class

    What are restaurants for? Laurie Taylor explores the many functions of dining out.

  10. Robots

    Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities.

  11. Sectarianisation - The Middle East

    Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world.

  12. The Mafia - organised crime

    The Mafia and organised crime.

  13. Management Jargon

    Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?

  14. Exhaustion

    Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

  15. The Subway

    A special programme on the subway.

  16. The secret world of hair

    The secret world of hair: an anthropological journey. Also, cancer and hair loss.

  17. Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility

    Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism. Also, male infertility.

  18. Global inequality - Signs of 'nation'

    Global inequality and poverty - is it decreasing? Also, signs of 'nation'.

  19. Heritage and preservation

    Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes?

  20. Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club

    What sport teaches us about philosophy and the evolution of an East Midlands football club

  21. Fashion and class

    Fashion and class: from the 'branded gentry' to the high street.

  22. The meaning of the face

    Laurie Taylor explores the significance of the face.

  23. Doctors at war - Wasting GP's time

    Doctors at war. Also, patients who worry about wasting their GP's time.

  24. Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries

    Russian prison visitors. Also, prison boundaries.

  25. Craft work - 'dirty' work

    Craft work. Also, 'dirty' work.

  26. Insuring against disasters - electronic finance

    Insuring against disasters, and amateur financial traders.

  27. Drugs in warfare

    The role of intoxicants in the context of warfare, from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam war.

  28. Elite education

    How prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain inequality.

  29. Special programme on winner of Ethnography award

    A special programme on the winner of the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography award.

  30. A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist

    A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award shortlist 2017.

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