大象传媒

Trouble at work, travellers vs tourists

Laurie Taylor hears about research into workplace conflict, and travellers versus tourists

• 28 mins

The UK strip and lap-dancing industry; blue jeans

The strip industry - why is it growing? Also, the cultural meaning of 'blue jeans'.

• 28 mins

Couchsurfing - Trauma Advocacy

Laurie Taylor looks at how the internet lets us encounter strangers, as well as friends.

• 28 mins

Decline of the weekend; British riots of 2011

Laurie Taylor explores the summer riots of 2011. Also, the death of the weekend.

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Archaeology of homelessness; residential care revisited

Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness.

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Family funerals; red tape

Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty.

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Work identity on the railway; how to be gay

Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis.

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Children in hospitals; History, heritage and tradition in British politics

How British political parties construct history, and children's experiences in hospital.

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Female jockeys; military migrants

Laurie Taylor on our multinational armed forces, and Deborah Butler on female jockeys.

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Intoxication

Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life.

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Consuming passions

Consumer pleasures - the origins and evolution of the 'shopping' experience.

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Contagion; changing masculinity in retail

Contagion - how commerce spreads disease. Also, 'boys will be boys' or will they?

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Birth of Neo-Liberalism; Music, Race and Difference

Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music.

• 28 mins

Class and Commuting; Engaging with Climate Change

Climate change - why is it denied by so many? Plus class, commuting and the 'tube'.

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Rock climbing in conflict; women in Russian prisons

With Laurie Taylor. Featuring Russian women prisoners and rock climbers in conflict.

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Organised crime in the UK

Organised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Also, the Italian Camorra.

• 27 mins

Stan Cohen (1942 - 2013)

Laurie Taylor pays tribute to the work and legacy of the sociologist, Stan Cohen.

• 28 mins

'Ned' Pride in Scotland; Weapon Dogs

Weapon dogs - status canines as urban menace. Also, the Scottish subculture of 'neds'.

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Fashion, Class and Mums; Red Racisms

Laurie Taylor with a unique analysis of racism in communist and post-communist countries.

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Drugs for Life; Subcultural Identity

Laurie Taylor on the growing medicalisation of everyday life, and subcultural 'oldies'.

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Guatemalan cemetery; Art auctions

A study into the dynamics of art auctions, and a Guatemalan cemetery with no more room.

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Language of food politics; Italian food market

Laurie Taylor explores an Italian food market and the language of food politics.

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Gang labour in UK; Industrial ruination

Industrial ruination - a global study into urban decline. Also, gang labour in the UK.

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Women and the Armed Forces

Laurie Taylor explores gender and the military as women go into the frontline of battle.

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Thrift Chic; Thatcherism

'Thatcherism' - was it a distinct ideology? Also, the rise of thrift 'chic'.

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English Heritage; Clergy Lives

Laurie Taylor on heritage politics in the UK, and the everyday lives of parish priests.

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The Power of Oil

The power of oil - a special programme exploring the role of oil in shaping our society.

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British class survey; Tribute to Geoff Pearson

Laurie Taylor explores a unique piece of research done by 大象传媒 Lab UK and social scientists

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Middle Class Enclaves and Escapes

Special edition recorded at the British Sociological Association's 2013 conference.

• 28 mins

Stammering and Identity; Land of Too Much

Poverty versus abundance in the US. Plus managing a social stigma for people who stammer.

• 28 mins