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Radio 4,·788 episodes
Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning.
05 Feb 2020,·29 mins
Hidden gay lives, from Polari to true crime stories.
29 Jan 2020,·29 mins
Borders: from Calais to Mexico.
22 Jan 2020,·28 mins
The religious right in the US - an exploration of their route to power.
04 Dec 2019,·28 mins
Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?
27 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Thrift and austerity
20 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years?
13 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans.
06 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Immortality and transhumanism
30 Oct 2019,·28 mins
The origins & meaning of 'cool'
23 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes.
16 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'.
09 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Land struggles: from Bolivia to Britain.
02 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Conspiracy theories - their origins and evolution.
08 May 2019,·28 mins
The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta.
01 May 2019,·26 mins
Global no-go zones and the complex overlap between conflict and tourism.
24 Apr 2019,·29 mins
Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook
17 Apr 2019,·28 mins
CEO Society and Time management.
10 Apr 2019,·27 mins
Branding - the 'persuasion industries'.
03 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Cute and kitsch: their nature and changing meaning.
27 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Debt - from household to national.
20 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Spectacular cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates.
13 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Corridors - their evolution and changing nature.
06 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city.
27 Feb 2019,·25 mins
Snobbery - its meaning, history and changing nature.
20 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history and symbolism of human-made barriers.
13 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Motorbikes - a social and cultural history.
06 Feb 2019,·28 mins
The Class Ceiling: does privilege pay?
30 Jan 2019,·29 mins
Surveillance - how we are both watchers, as well as the watched.
16 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Migrants and refugees.
09 Jan 2019,·28 mins
