成人快手

Economic migration and happiness - Hairdressing and emotional labour

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

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Global higher education - Homophobia and football

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

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Happy families? - Science's first mistake

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

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Supermax - Western Rule

Laurie Taylor explores the growth of high security prisons in America.

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Book publishing - Active Citizenship

Laurie Taylor examines new research about publishing and looks at active citizenship.

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INCIVILITY - AK-47 (Kalashnikov)

Laurie Taylor examines the social impact of the AK-47, plus rudeness in public places.

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Civic Core - Public convenience

Laurie Taylor examines new research into the public convenience.

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Politically connected firms - Gangs and Territory

Laurie Taylor explores the connections between politics and business around the World.

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Cuban Cure - Moral Panics

Laurie explores Cuba's success in developing world-beating bioscience. Also moral panics.

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'Over by Christmas' - Race, Sport and Politics

Laurie explores race and sport, also why people thought WW1 would be over by Christmas.

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Class at Christmas

Laurie Taylor explores Christmas, compassion and class, from the Victorian era to today.

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Utopia

Laurie Taylor explores new ideas about Utopia.

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Softer masculinity in the sixth form - Dr Who

Is Doctor Who political? Laurie explores the notion of an historical anti-American bias.

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Cosmopolitanism - Dietetics

Laurie Taylor explores cosmopolitan values and the morality of medicine and health.

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19/01/2011

The impact of paramilitary punishment attacks on the young delinquents of Belfast.

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26/01/2011

Ronald Dworkin and Anthony Grayling on liberty versus equality.

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02/02/2011

The growth in second home ownership and the cult of the bike.

• 30 mins

Working men's health practices - Plastic surgery in Brazil

Laurie discusses cosmetic surgery in Brazil and the health of British working men.

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Islam and capitalism - Sex before the sexual revolution

Sex before the Sexual Revolution and how Islam reacts to capitalism.

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Irregular and undocumented workers - America's death penalty

Why does the US support capital punishment? Also, illegal workers in the UK.

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Ethical capital - The Burden of Happiness

Is happiness the answer? Pascal Bruckner says it is not. Also, the legacies of the poor.

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Outsourced Cultures - Happiness Letters

How answering calls will change your life: the cultural impact of call centres in India.

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Stuart Hall

A special edition: Laurie talks to cultural theorist Stuart Hall.

• 30 mins

The Impact of the Temperance Movement - The New North

Laurie Taylor explores shifts in world power. Also, the legacy of 19th-century Temperance.

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Mafias - Live Music

Why does live music now make more money than recorded? Also, Mafias on the move.

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Streetlife - Performing politics in the square

Street Politics and 'performing' the revolution in Tahrir Square.

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Catholic Police Officers in Northern Ireland - Facebook

Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland and Facebook in Trinidad.

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Demise of a Welsh steel town - Sexual politics of ballroom dancing (BSA 60th Anniversary)

A special edition with new research from the British Sociological Association conference.

• 30 mins

Craft and Community

Laurie Taylor explores craft and community with Richard Sennett and David Gauntlett.

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The Poor on Poverty and Radical Gardening

Laurie Taylor explores radical gardening with George McKay.

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