Thinking Allowed Episodes Episode guide
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Prison Protest
Prison protest: from riots to hunger strikes.
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Footwear
Footwear: the 'magic' and the material reality.
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Strongmen
Strongmen: what accounts for the global rise of authoritarian leaders?
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The Underclass
The Underclass: its rise and fall.
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SKILL
Laurie Taylor explores the social construction of the notion of skilled work.
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Extremism
Extremism: going undercover with the far right, Islamists and anti feminists.
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Why Sociology Matters
Why Sociology matters: an exploration of the meaning and purpose of Public Sociology.
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Strangers
Strangers & Xenophobia: an exploration of a historically rooted phenomenon.
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Food, Identity & Nation
Food, identity and nation - why food matters.
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The Value of Things
The value of things: why do we hang on to objects?
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Covid
Covid: Crisis or opportunity?
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Freedom
Freedom: how it came to be equated with limited government and white people.
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Love and Romance
Love and romance in changing times.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Afghan migrants in Britain. Also, the return of the Taliban.
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Office Life
Office life: the evolution and meaning of the filing cabinet. Also, objects at work.
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Cool Consumers
Cool Consumers: the construction of 'cool' music tastes & the marketing of menthol smoking
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The Smartphone
The Smartphone: how has it transformed everyday life, from China to Ireland?
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Culture and Privilege
Culture and privilege: are the cultural and creative industries meritocratic?
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The Changing Nature of Crime
The changing nature of crime and the impact of Covid on criminal opportunity.
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Tourism - Travel
Tourism & travel. How have they evolved over the years and what is their future?
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The Handshake - Social Interaction
The handshake & social interaction
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COALMINING - LUDDISM
Coalmining & Luddism: What do we mean by progress?
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Migrants in London
How has London been shaped by the history of immigration?
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Fitness & fatness
Fitness & fatness: a programme exploring two sides of the same coin.
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Blackface - Minstrelsy
Blackface and minstrelsy - a troubled history.
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Perfume
Perfume: a social history of Chanel No 5 and Red Moscow. Also, the meaning of scents.
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The Rural Idyll?
The Rural Idyll? The hidden relationship between the countryside and colonialism.
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Life Imprisonment
Life imprisonment - why are those convicted of murder serving longer sentences than ever?
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The Orange Order
The Orange Order: an exploration of its origins, practices and principles.
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Community & Social Capital
Community & social capital. How connected to each other are we compared to previous eras?
