Thinking Allowed Episodes Episode guide
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Platform Capitalism
Laurie Taylor explores platform capitalism - its origins, meaning and future.
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Terrorism: does it work? - The 'Hotline'
Terrorism: does it work? Also, the origins and development of the 'hotline'.
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Vertical Cities - India's property boom
Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.
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The brave new world of virtual workers; also globalisation, the old and the new.
Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers.
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Health divides - Counting global health
Health divides. Also, counting global health.
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Age of noise - British drinking
Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity.
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Sexual violence in the Bangladeshi War of Independence - Global danger and the risk to research
Sexual violence in the Bangledeshi War of Independence. Also, global danger and risk.
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Super Rich: The 1% of the 1%
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the origins of this wealthiest of elites.
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Laurie Taylor discusses the relationship between literature and sociology.
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world.
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Musicians Union - women heavy metal fans
The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.
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Men and Violence - Stag Parties
Men, masculinities and violence. Also, stag parties, deviance and consumerism.
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Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education
Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism.
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Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.
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Racial segregation, Dementia and hair care
Racial segregation in the United States. Also, hairdressing for people with dementia.
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Population change - Chronic illness
Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness.
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Evangelicals - Troubled families
Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.
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Drone warfare, Fitness instructors
Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.
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Hoods - Construction Blacklist
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood.
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House of Commons - Voting and Inequality
Laurie Taylor hears about the hidden workings of Parliament. Also, voting and inequality.
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Rentier capitalism - Protest camps
Laurie Taylor asks if the economic system is rigged in favour of the owners of property.
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Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming
Political polarisation. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming.
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Higher Education - Crisis or Change?
Higher education - crisis or change?
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Shyness - Names
Shyness: a cultural history. Also, the relationship between names and identity.
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Men dressing up - The male 'suit'
Men 'dressing up'. Also, the male 'suit'.
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Airport security, Retiring to Spain
Airport security, and retiring to Spain.
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Food bank Britain, Food poverty in Europe
Food bank Britain. Also, food poverty in Europe.
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The English Defence League; 'Real' immigrants
The English Defence League. Also, who are the 'real' immigrants?
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Political women and language, The morality of sleep medication
Political women and language. Also, the morality of sleep medication.
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Good neighbours, The connection between sport and domestic abuse
Laurie Taylor explores encounters with the people next door. Plus domestic abuse and sport
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A special programme on Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu: A special programme presented by Laurie Taylor.
