大象传媒

Heritage and preservation

Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes?

• 28 mins

Global inequality - Signs of 'nation'

Global inequality and poverty - is it decreasing? Also, signs of 'nation'.

• 28 mins

Global inequality - 'signs of nation'

Is the Global South catching up with the North?

• 28 mins

Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility

Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism. Also, male infertility.

• 28 mins

Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility

Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.

• 28 mins

The secret world of hair

The secret world of hair: an anthropological journey. Also, cancer and hair loss.

• 28 mins

The Secret World of Hair

An anthropological journey through the world of hair.

• 28 mins

The Subway

A special programme on the subway.

• 28 mins

The Subway

Laurie Taylor goes underground - from New York to Delhi.

• 28 mins

Exhaustion

Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

• 28 mins

Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?

• 28 mins

Management Jargon

Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?

• 28 mins

Management Jargon

Why is meaningless speech in the workplace so ubiquitous?

• 28 mins

The Mafia - organised crime

The Mafia and organised crime.

• 28 mins

The Mafia - organised crime

The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK

• 28 mins

Sectarianisation - The Middle East

Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world.

• 28 mins

Sectarianisation - the Middle East

Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.

• 28 mins

Robots

Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities.

• 28 mins

Robots and AI

Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non dystopian look at future possibilities

• 28 mins

Restaurants - A Taste of Class

What are restaurants for? Laurie Taylor explores the many functions of dining out.

• 28 mins

The Restaurant: A Taste of Class

Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.

• 27 mins

Whither the Welfare State?

Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state.

• 28 mins

Whither the Welfare State?

Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.

• 27 mins

Hospices - Palliative Care

Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.

• 28 mins

Hospices - Palliative Care

Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.

• 28 mins

War In The Air

Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

• 27 mins

War in the air

Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

• 28 mins

Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

Marxism - does it have any contemporary relevance? Also, 'red' globalisation.

• 28 mins

Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.

• 27 mins

Affluence

Affluence - what does it mean?

• 28 mins