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Picturing the Social Order

Laurie Taylor sees an exhibition on how artists have represented social order through time

• 30 mins

Biometric Security - Ethnographer's Dilemma

Laurie Taylor explores the history of biometrics.

• 30 mins

History of Murder - Scottish Conservatives

From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder.

• 30 mins

Suicide - The Midriff

Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Simone about her study of the families of suicide victims.

• 30 mins

Architecture and Living - Class Endures

Laurie Taylor asks if the buildings built today cater for modern life.

• 30 mins

Segregation - Mizrahi Jews

Laurie Taylor hears of new research which counters contemporary fears about immigration.

• 30 mins

Slumming

Slumming: how whites' wild times in America's black areas changed sex and politics forever

• 30 mins

Betting Shops - Women on the Line

Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses.

• 30 mins

British Constitution - Anciet Rome and Modern America

Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US?

• 30 mins

Human Zoos - Girl Racers

Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.

• 30 mins

Potatoes - Leisure Pleasure

Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.

• 30 mins

Geopolitics and Empire - Romani Culture

Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.

• 30 mins

Medically Unexplained Symptoms - Lesbian Motherhood

Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause

• 30 mins

Darwin and Modernity - Female Voyeurism as Sex Torism in Thailand

With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?

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Equal Societies - Teddy Bears

Is an unequal society bad for your health?

• 30 mins

Black Girls and British Education - Roads

Why black girls succeed and fail in education?

• 30 mins

Cervantes Don Quixote - Cultural Hybridity

Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?

• 30 mins

Islamic Movement in Turkey - Fair Access to Work

How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.

• 30 mins

The British Bobby - Scottish Diaspora

Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.

• 30 mins

Personal Insecurity and Religious Belief - Oxford Admissions

Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research.

• 30 mins

Richard Hoggart

Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart.

• 30 mins

Return Migration - Pensioners and Identity Politics

Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration.

• 30 mins

Boffins - WWI Emotions

Can children be both clever and popular in school? Laurie explores the role of class swot.

• 30 mins

Restorative Justice in N.I - RG Collingwood

The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland.

• 30 mins

Acquaintance - Tea Rooms

Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances.

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Criminal Communication - Scandal

Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication.

• 30 mins

Punishing the Poor

Sociologist Loic Wacquant discusses the consequences of a growing US prison system.

• 30 mins

Modern-day Grave Goods - Politics of Alcohol

Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.

• 30 mins

Suburbia Planning - Modernity Forgets

From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.

• 30 mins

Organ Donation - Flip Flops

The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.

• 30 mins