AntiSocial Episodes Episode guide
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What is ‘The Great Replacement’ theory?
The evolution of a conspiracy theory
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What is ‘social transitioning’?
What are the impacts of a young person wanting to be treated as a different gender?
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What is ‘queering’ a museum collection?
Josh Adair from Murray State University explains what’s meant by the term ‘queering’.
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What is ‘Misogynoir’?
The origin of the term that describes a particular kind of prejudice faced by black women
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What is ‘JewFace’?
Professor Bryan Cheyette on the history of the portrayal of Jewish characters
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What is ‘Female Dating Strategy’?
The rules aimed at helping women find a 'high-value man'
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What is ‘critical race theory’?
The controversial concept’s origins, objections, and competing visions
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What is 'queerbaiting'?
Celebrities and TV shows have been accused of misleading LGBTQ people
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What are Personal Independent Payments?
BBC journalist Emma Tracey explains how personal independence payments work
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What are “furries”?
Furry fandom, “fursonas”, and the people who identify with animal characters
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Unconscious bias
What is unconscious bias and where did it come from?
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Traffic control measures and “The Great Reset”
BBC Climate Disinformation Reporter Marco Silva explains the link.
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The single woman stigma
Why have single women been feared, vilified and associated with cats?
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The science of attraction
What are women attracted to in a male partner?
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The politics of anger
Are middle aged white men angry and if so why and how does that affect our politics?
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The origins of the Girl Guides
Why is Girlguiding single-sex?
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The origins of racial terms like “coconut”
Making sense of the words used to claim people are being ethnically inauthentic
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The law on single sex spaces
What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for trans people and single sex services?
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The history of nostalgia
How has ‘nostalgia’ changed meaning throughout history?
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The Highway Code
How well do you know the rules of the road?
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Tech bros and mixed martial arts
Why have Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley bosses started fighting?
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Teaching character in schools
What values should schools be teaching children?
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Surrogacy: the law in the UK
What is altruistic surrogacy and how is it dealt with in UK law?
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Signs in other languages
How many people living in the UK do not speak English?
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Patriotism and ‘progressive activists’
How does a small but outspoken group influence the debate about UK national identity?
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Man vs Bear
The viral TikTok question that’s prompted a big debate about women’s safety
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Looksmaxxing
The beauty trend targeting young men
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Just joking?
The origins of the word ‘banter’
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Is sexual harassment on public transport getting worse?
What do we know about the level of sexual harassment on public transport?
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Introducing AntiSocial
Where there are angry-face emojis, AntiSocial brings understanding.