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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Dating at university, Online dating

    Hook-up culture: dating at university. Also, how online dating has changed our world.

  2. Sacrifice

    Sacrifice - from Christ's crucifixion to Salafi jihadist suicide bombers.

  3. Racial inequality now, Women and political language

    Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.

  4. Women and democracy - the language of power

    Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.

  5. The White Working Class.

    The white working class - is there a 'left-behind'?

  6. Artisanal food - Natural foods

    Artisanal and natural foods.

  7. A Valentine Day's special

    A Valentine Day's Special programme exploring infidelity and the history of rings.

  8. Populism

    Are populist politics on the rise?

  9. Stigma

    Stigma - an old sociological concept revisited and recast for the 21st century.

  10. Countercultural seekers, Slum tourism

    Countercultural seekers on the road to Kathmandu and slum tourism in Mumbai.

  11. Police culture

    Police culture and socialisation - how has it changed?

  12. The sensory landscape of the city

    The scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of city life.

  13. The Housing Crisis, Squatting in Amsterdam

    The housing crisis. Also, squatting in Amsterdam.

  14. Working-class actors, Class and classical music

    Working-class actors, Class and classical music.

  15. Christmas Television

    Christmas television - an exploration of a very British tradition.

  16. The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in schools

    Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.

  17. The New Economy

    Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.

  18. Politics and Emotion

    The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.

  19. GDP, Mali music

    GDP - what are its limits? Also, the music of Mali.

  20. Affluence

    Affluence - what does it mean?

  21. Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation

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

  22. War in the air

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

  23. Hospices - Palliative Care

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

  24. Whither the Welfare State?

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

  25. Restaurants - A Taste of Class

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

  26. Robots

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

  27. Sectarianisation - The Middle East

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

  28. The Mafia - organised crime

    The Mafia and organised crime.

  29. Management Jargon

    Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?

  30. Exhaustion

    Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.

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