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06/01/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses conscientious objecting in World War One.
13/01/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses the cartoons that shook the world.
20/01/2010
The Future of Work and Teddy Bear Diaries.
27/01/2010
The Brits who stayed on in Hong Kong.
03/02/2010
Laurie Taylor explores national branding and the commodification of ethnic identity.
10/02/2010
African American consumer culture and the history of tea.
17/02/2010
A history of Intellectual piracy; the morality of obesity.
24/02/2010
Corridors under threat and is 'living apart together' a new form of family?
03/03/2010
The secret history of the servant and the working class at Oxbridge.
10/03/2010
The meaning of military futurology, and anti-racist comedy in the UK and US.
17/03/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses milk and modernity, and why burglary is going out of fashion.
24/03/2010
Book fairs and the Bow Street Runners.
31/03/2010
Sexuality in later life and interracial relationships in Latin America.
07/04/2010
Is the secular world under threat? Discussing new demographics and the future of belief.
14/04/2010
Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on home education.
Inequality and nakedness
A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture.
Capitalism and Development
Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang.
Dective tours and Russian organised crime
From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia.
Evacuation
The social impact of sending millions from the cities to the country during WWII.
19/05/2010
New research revealing the rifts and resentment created by researching family history.
26/05/2010
Has black music declined? Laurie Taylor discusses with Paul Gilroy and Caspar Melville.
02/06/2010
Laurie Taylor explores the relationship of language to culture with AC Grayling.
09/06/2010
The changing way we commemorate the dead: a study of the war in Afghanistan.
Fanaticism
Fanaticism: use and abuse of a wild idea. Laurie Taylor talks to John Gray.
Social Capital
Is the buzz phrase 'social capital' a big mistake? Also, what it means to be a twin.
Subcultures
Girly pop and heavy metal: Laurie Taylor visits a university conference on sub-cultures.
Niall Ferguson on financier Siegmund Warburg
Niall Ferguson tells Laurie Taylor about his new book on financier Siegmund Warburg.
Physiognomy and Teenage music
Do facial features indicate moral character? Laurie explores the culture of physiognomy.
Lap dancing - Climate change
Rachela Colosi tells Laurie about her detailed ethnography of a lap dancing club.
Oslo drug dealers - Choice
How does having more choice affect our lives? Laurie Taylor discusses a new study.
Robots and gender - Economic progress
Laurie Taylor hears why growth is good for all. Plus the rise of the fembot.