Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now
Evacuation
The social impact of sending millions from the cities to the country during WWII.
Dective tours and Russian organised crime
From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia.
Capitalism and Development
Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang.
Inequality and nakedness
A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture.
14/04/2010
Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on home education.
07/04/2010
Is the secular world under threat? Discussing new demographics and the future of belief.
31/03/2010
Sexuality in later life and interracial relationships in Latin America.
24/03/2010
Book fairs and the Bow Street Runners.
17/03/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses milk and modernity, and why burglary is going out of fashion.
10/03/2010
The meaning of military futurology, and anti-racist comedy in the UK and US.