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Everyday life, Cafe society

Laurie Taylor takes a sociological look at everyday life. Plus cafe society.

• 28 mins

Land Ownership, Home at work

Laurie Taylor explores forgotten acres and looks at creating a sense of 'home' at work.

• 28 mins

Chess worlds, Competitive entrepreneurs

Laurie Taylor looks at chess communities and the competitive culture of the self-made men.

• 28 mins

A Special Programme on Rituals

A special programme on rituals, at Christmas and beyond.

• 28 mins

Fashion and Beauty

Laurie Taylor explores the pleasures and dangers in keeping up appearances.

• 28 mins

The end of 'careers', Humour at work

Laurie Taylor explores personal identity in an era of uncertain working lives.

• 28 mins

Modern slavery, School lunch boxes

Laurie Taylor explores tensions at the heart of contemporary struggles against enslavement

• 28 mins

Con Men in New York, Iconography of punishment

A look at con men in New York and the iconography of punishment.

• 28 mins

The Creative Economy, 'Grudge' Spending

The new politics of culture and creativity. Plus why people begrudge spending on security.

• 28 mins

Consumerism, Work-life balance

Laurie Taylor explores the history of the modern, material world.

• 28 mins

Weather forecasting, Young people and politics

Laurie Taylor explores a scientific art form rooted in unpredictability.

• 28 mins

Museums and nationalism, Imagining utopias

Laurie Taylor asks what can be learnt about nationalism from cultural institutions.

• 28 mins

Refusing adulthood, How young people feel about being poor

Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.

• 28 mins

The debt collection industry, Spousal job loss

Laurie Taylor explores what happens when everyday forms of borrowing go bad.

• 28 mins

Small towns, Patient rescue and resuscitation

A study of Todmorden. Also, the rescue and resuscitation of chronic patients.

• 28 mins

Philanthropy - Charity

Philanthropy and charitable giving: who do they benefit, and is there a price?

• 28 mins

Eviction, Self-build

Laurie Taylor looks at the rising number of people losing their homes in the US and UK.

• 28 mins

Dance halls, Pick-up artists

Laurie Taylor discusses the social and cultural history of 'going to the Palais'.

• 28 mins

The BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award Shortlist

A special programme on the shortlist for the BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award.

• 28 mins

Ethnography Award winner, Transcultural football

The 2016 BSA Thinking Allowed Ethnography winner. Also, transcultural football.

• 28 mins

Happiness and government, Good parenting

Laurie Taylor asks if the government should aim to promote well-being.

• 28 mins

The Flaneur - Walking in the City

Laurie Taylor explores the history and meaning of the urban stroller, past and present.

• 28 mins

Migrant women, Wedding paradoxes

Laurie Taylor explores the role in British society of migrant women over the past 60 years

• 28 mins

TV in prison - Live music in prison

Television in British prisons. Also, BB King and prison 'blues'.

• 26 mins

Glasgow gangs - Russian gangs

Glaswegian and Russian gangs: their origins, organisation and meaning.

• 28 mins

'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants

'Queer' wars: the global struggle for lesbian/gay rights. Also, Nigerian beauty pageants.

• 28 mins

Ale drinkers, Northern accents

New research on how society works. Ale drinkers. Northern accents.

• 28 mins

Engineers of Jihad. Orange jumpsuits

The link between education and violent extremism. Also, the iconic orange jumpsuit.

• 26 mins

Secrecy at Work, Drugs and Employment

The hidden architecture of people's working lives. Plus drug-taking and employment.

• 28 mins

A special programme on Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu: A special programme presented by Laurie Taylor.

• 28 mins