07/04/2010

Is the secular world under threat? Discussing new demographics and the future of belief.

• 30 mins

14/04/2010

Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on home education.

• 30 mins

Inequality and nakedness

A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture.

• 30 mins

Capitalism and Development

Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang.

• 30 mins

Dective tours and Russian organised crime

From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia.

• 30 mins

Evacuation

The social impact of sending millions from the cities to the country during WWII.

• 30 mins

19/05/2010

New research revealing the rifts and resentment created by researching family history.

• 30 mins

26/05/2010

Has black music declined? Laurie Taylor discusses with Paul Gilroy and Caspar Melville.

• 30 mins

02/06/2010

Laurie Taylor explores the relationship of language to culture with AC Grayling.

• 30 mins

09/06/2010

The changing way we commemorate the dead: a study of the war in Afghanistan.

• 30 mins

Fanaticism

Fanaticism: use and abuse of a wild idea. Laurie Taylor talks to John Gray.

• 30 mins

Social Capital

Is the buzz phrase 'social capital' a big mistake? Also, what it means to be a twin.

• 30 mins

Subcultures

Girly pop and heavy metal: Laurie Taylor visits a university conference on sub-cultures.

• 30 mins

Niall Ferguson on financier Siegmund Warburg

Niall Ferguson tells Laurie Taylor about his new book on financier Siegmund Warburg.

• 30 mins

Physiognomy and Teenage music

Do facial features indicate moral character? Laurie explores the culture of physiognomy.

• 30 mins

Lap dancing - Climate change

Rachela Colosi tells Laurie about her detailed ethnography of a lap dancing club.

• 30 mins

Oslo drug dealers - Choice

How does having more choice affect our lives? Laurie Taylor discusses a new study.

• 30 mins

Robots and gender - Economic progress

Laurie Taylor hears why growth is good for all. Plus the rise of the fembot.

• 30 mins

Disenchantment

The impact of the rational: Laurie Taylor explores the social concept of 'Disenchantment'.

• 30 mins

Black Emancipation

Laurie Taylor discusses emancipation, ideas of black freedom from slavery to the present.

• 30 mins

Alienation

Laurie Taylor explores the meaning and relevance of Karl Marx's theory of alienation.

• 30 mins

French culture - Network Nudge

Laurie explores the decline in French culture and the power of networks.

• 30 mins

British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University

Laurie Taylor visits the British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University

• 30 mins

Eavesdropping - CCTV in schools

An exploration of the meaning and history of 'eavesdropping', from cafe society to Twitter

• 30 mins

Secrets of Capitalism - Religion and Science

Eeconomist Ha-Joon Chang tries to expose the 'myths' of free-market capitalism.

• 30 mins

Liverpool Football Club - Au Pairs

Laurie Taylor discusses a new study of au pairs in the UK and examines Liverpool FC.

• 30 mins

Drugs trial calamity - McCarthy stigma

Laurie Taylor examines new research about black listed artists during the McCarthy period.

• 30 mins

Economic migration and happiness - Hairdressing and emotional labour

Laurie Taylor discusses being paid to be nice and explores migration versus happiness.

• 30 mins

Global higher education - Homophobia and football

Laurie Taylor examines homophobia and football and looks at global higher education.

• 30 mins

Happy families? - Science's first mistake

Laurie Taylor discusses the family and why we should be sceptical about science.

• 30 mins