麻豆社

Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,

Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.

• 28 mins

Love, Money and HIV in Kenya, Microbreweries

Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women.

• 28 mins

Global Clothing and Poverty; Fur Inheritance in Poland

Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing.

• 28 mins

Citizenship Ceremonies; Family Ties and Genetics

Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens.

• 28 mins

Free Will Explored

Laurie Taylor explores free will and pets as family.

• 28 mins

The Ethnography Award 'Shortlist'

Programme devoted to the academic research shortlisted for the Thinking Allowed award.

• 28 mins

Stories Behind Immigration - Winner of the Ethnography Award

The winner of the 2015 麻豆社/BSA Ethnography Award.

• 28 mins

Post Traumatic Stress; Managing Beds in the NHS

Post traumatic stress in combat veterans and managing beds in the NHS.

• 28 mins

Division of Domestic Labour - Gentrification and Working-Class Residents

The impact of gentrification on working-class people. Plus the division of domestic labour

• 28 mins

The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work

Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.

• 28 mins

Poverty in Britain; Unemployment As a Choice

Is poverty in Britain increasing? Plus unemployment as a 'choice'.

• 28 mins

The 'Happiness Industry' - The 'Wellness Syndrome'

The 'Happiness Industry'. Also, 'wellness syndrome'.

• 27 mins

Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame

The future of the A-level. Plus the role of blame within the criminal justice system.

• 28 mins

Lesbian Lives in Russia; Big Data

The changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of Russian state communism.

• 28 mins

The 'Precariat'; Humour in Sociology

Laurie Taylor asks if there is an emerging mass class characterised by insecurity.

• 28 mins

White Working Class Boys; French Thought

White, working-class boys at school. Also, the French intellectual tradition.

• 28 mins

Factory music, Volunteering post-recession

Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.

• 28 mins

Arab Londoners - Migrants and British identity

Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British identity.

• 28 mins

Middle-class drug dealers, Globalisation of white collar work

Laurie Taylor discusses a study into the selling of drugs among teens in suburban America.

• 28 mins

The colour black, Mixed-race people

Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the colour black.

• 28 mins

Prison gangs in US, Millionaire children

A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?

• 28 mins

Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform

Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.

• 28 mins

Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages

Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.

• 28 mins

Russia's Red Web - Older Entrepreneurs

Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet.

• 28 mins

Female Serial Killers, Secular Stagnation

Laurie Taylor discusses female serial killers. Plus low economic growth and the future.

• 28 mins

Being Single - Modern Romance

Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.

• 28 mins

Human Rights in Northern Ireland, Social Mobility and Education

Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.

• 28 mins

Ambivalent atheism; Neoliberalism and old age

Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification.

• 28 mins

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, The hidden life of domestic things

Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the TTIP.

• 28 mins

Zoos explored, Funeral arranging

Laurie Taylor goes on a sociological safari, plus a look at reasons behind funeral choices

• 28 mins