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New research on how society works
Radio 4,·788 episodes
Is an unequal society bad for your health?
15 Jul 2009,·30 mins
With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?
08 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.
24 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.
17 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.
10 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US?
03 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses.
27 May 2009,·30 mins
Slumming: how whites' wild times in America's black areas changed sex and politics forever
20 May 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor hears of new research which counters contemporary fears about immigration.
13 May 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor asks if the buildings built today cater for modern life.
06 May 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Simone about her study of the families of suicide victims.
29 Apr 2009,·30 mins
From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder.
22 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history of biometrics.
15 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor sees an exhibition on how artists have represented social order through time
08 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses what is being called the re-Stalinisation of Russia.
01 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Laurie investigates the politics of climate change & whether there is now a new capitalism
25 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor re-appraises Rugby with Tony Collins and Dr Dominic Malcolm.
18 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor tries to solve the myths of the great American West.
11 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor considers the aesthetic and ethical aspects of documentary making.
04 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses the personal psychological consequences of recession unemployment.
25 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Adam Kuper to discuss the demise of kissing cousins.
18 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores how the context in which drugs are consumed alters their effect.
11 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the obsession with dancing in the Renaissance with Margret McGowan.
04 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the human cost of rapid economic change.
28 Jan 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor reveals how children teach themselves how to use digital technology.
21 Jan 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor debates the universal notion of human rights.
14 Jan 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses how music is used in conflicts with Dr Martin Cloonan.
07 Jan 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores whether the past can reveal the causes and cures for gang violence?
31 Dec 2008,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor brings past and present together to explore the culture of the detective.
24 Dec 2008,·30 mins
