Thinking Allowed Episodes Episode guide
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White Power Movement in US - Rise of Racist Right in Europe
The White Power Movement in the US. Also, the racist, far right in Europe.
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Night-time Economy
The Night-time Economy: How has it changed over the years?
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Maoism
Maoism: its origins and development as a global political force.
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Architecture and health
Architecture, housing and health.
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Shoes
Shoes: a cultural history.
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White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity
What is white privilege? And what is the evidence that racial binaries are breaking down?
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Maps and Postcodes
Maps and postcodes - what do they reveal about our society and selves?
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Rich Russians - Millionaire tax flight
Rich Russians. Also, millionaire tax flight.
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Palaces for the People
Palaces for the People: the decline in civic life.
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Push Buttons
Push buttons: pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing.
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Creativity
Creativity re-examined. Has it become a meaningless buzz word for our times?
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Post-Truth
Post-truth - what is it and how did we get to this point?
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Drifters
Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo.
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Smart Cities
Laurie Taylor presents a special edition recorded at the Open University in Milton Keynes.
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Beauty - Ugliness
Beauty and ugliness.
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Suburbia Revisited
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
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Selfies - disconnection from ICTs
'Selfies' - narcissism or self-expression? Also, choosing to disconnect from ICTs.
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Gangs and spirituality
Gangs and spirituality - can religious belief lead members away from crime?
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China today
China - how was it lifted out of poverty and what does the future hold?
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Light and Dark
How the meanings of light and dark have changed over time in the context of urban life.
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Size Discrimination
Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.
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Business Schools
Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments.
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Law and Order
Law and Order: the drama series revisited 40 years later.
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Marx and Marxism
Marx and Marxism revisited.
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The Internet and Democracy
Laurie Taylor analyses the social and political consequences of our digitised world.
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Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income - could it work?
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Menswear Revolution
Menswear revolution - the changes in men's clothes over time.
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Winner of 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award
The winner of the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award.
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Ethnography Award Shortlist 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award 2018.
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Mixed-race families
When is mixed-race heritage passed down to the next generation and when is it not?
