Punters - Cultural Transfer

Laurie Taylor explores the complex relationships between sex workers and regular clients.

• 30 mins

Women and Gambling - Cleanliness

Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey about her research into women’s gambling experiences.

• 30 mins

Imagination and the Countryside

The dream the British have of the countryside is not always borne out by experience.

• 30 mins

Imagination and the Suburbs

Laurie Taylor talks to writer Iain Sinclair and sociologists Paul Barker and Nick Hubble.

• 30 mins

Imagination and the City

Laurie Taylor is joined by Will Self, Richard Sennett and Doreen Massey.

• 30 mins

Corporate PR - Highrise Living

Laurie Taylor discusses whether ‘Corporate Spin’ has launched an assault on democracy.

• 30 mins

Café Culture – Human Waste

Laurie Taylor examines our behaviour in coffee shops with Dr Eric Laurier.

• 30 mins

Class and Reality TV - Balti Britain

Laurie Taylor discusses the sub-text of reality TV programmes with Prof. Beverley Skeggs.

• 30 mins

Crime and Consumerism - Meaning of Marriage

Laurie Taylor debates the dark side of consumer culture with Steve Hall & Paddy Rawlinson.

• 30 mins

Tartan - Dog Ownership

Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and political history of tartan with Jonathan Faiers.

• 30 mins

Durkheim and Financial Collapse - Obesity

Laurie Taylor debates Emile Durkheim’s 'Suicide' theory with Professor Steven Lukes.

• 30 mins

Predicting the Financial Crisis - Work/Life Balance

Richard Dale discusses his recipe for financial crisis with Laurie Taylor.

• 30 mins

Urban Crime and Disorder - Demography of Death

Laurie Taylor speaks to Harvard's Robert Sampson about what causes disorder in cities.

• 30 mins

Human Remains in Museum Collections - Suicide Rates

Laurie Taylor debates the changing attitudes towards the bodies displayed in our museums.

• 30 mins

US Elections and the Media - Tribute to Studs Terkel

Laurie Taylor considers if the printed press is in decline.

• 30 mins

Women and Domesticity - Corruption

Laurie Taylor talks to Amanda Vickery about the history of the home.

• 30 mins

Male Immaturity - Female Political Prisoners

Laurie Taylor explores the contention that men might be failing to grow up.

• 30 mins

Organisation/Disorganisation

Laurie Taylor discusses the many individualistic ways in which things can be organised.

• 30 mins

The Sociology of Smell - Getting a Confession

Laurie Taylor is joined by Luca Turin and Rod Watson to explore the resonances of perfume.

• 30 mins

Cocaine Girls in the West End - Orgasm

Laurie Taylor explores the idea that the Imperial era was a product of repressed sexuality

• 30 mins

Chinese Capitalism - Concepts in Education

Laurie Taylor discusses the impact of China's economic reforms with Will Hutton.

• 30 mins

Detectives

Laurie Taylor brings past and present together to explore the culture of the detective.

• 30 mins

Gang Culture

Laurie Taylor explores whether the past can reveal the causes and cures for gang violence?

• 30 mins

Popular Music and Violence - The Etymology of 'Hooligan'

Laurie Taylor discusses how music is used in conflicts with Dr Martin Cloonan.

• 30 mins

Moral Relativism

Laurie Taylor debates the universal notion of human rights.

• 30 mins

Hole in the Wall - Victorian Light

Laurie Taylor reveals how children teach themselves how to use digital technology.

• 30 mins

Post Soviet Death Rates - Prisoners' Partners

Laurie Taylor explores the human cost of rapid economic change.

• 30 mins

Renaissance Dance - Working Class Liverpool

Laurie Taylor explores the obsession with dancing in the Renaissance with Margret McGowan.

• 30 mins

Drugs and Society - Laddish Masculinity in Higher Education

Laurie Taylor explores how the context in which drugs are consumed alters their effect.

• 30 mins

Kissing Cousins - Big Cats in Rural Wales

Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Adam Kuper to discuss the demise of kissing cousins.

• 30 mins