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Thinking Allowed

Age of noise - British drinkingAge of noise - British drinking

Released On: 18 Jan 2017

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Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity.

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Thinking Allowed
Age of noise - British drinking
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Health divides - Counting global health
Health divides. Also, counting global health.
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The brave new world of virtual workers; also globalisation, the old and the new.
Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers.
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Vertical Cities - India's property boom
Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.
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Terrorism: does it work? - The 'Hotline'
Terrorism: does it work? Also, the origins and development of the 'hotline'.
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Platform Capitalism
Laurie Taylor explores platform capitalism - its origins, meaning and future.
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Squatting; a cross cultural history. Plus taking ones clothes off in public.
Squatting: a cross-cultural history. Also, taking one's clothes off in public.
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Money - how to break the power of the banks
The production of money: how to break the power of the banks.
28 mins
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Teen bedrooms - Skydivers
Teen bedrooms. Also, skydivers.
28 mins
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Grandfathers - Dementia carers
Grandfathers: a global study. Also, dementia carers.
28 mins
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The ways women age - Beauty politics
The ways women age. Also beauty politics.
27 mins
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A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist
A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award shortlist 2017.
28 mins
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Special programme on winner of Ethnography award
A special programme on the winner of the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography award.
28 mins
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Elite education
How prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain inequality.
28 mins
Thinking Allowed
Drugs in warfare
The role of intoxicants in the context of warfare, from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam war.
28 mins
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Insuring against disasters - electronic finance
Insuring against disasters, and amateur financial traders.
28 mins
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Craft work - 'dirty' work
Craft work. Also, 'dirty' work.
28 mins
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Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries
Russian prison visitors. Also, prison boundaries.
28 mins
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Doctors at war - Wasting GP's time
Doctors at war. Also, patients who worry about wasting their GP's time.
28 mins
Thinking Allowed
The meaning of the face
Laurie Taylor explores the significance of the face.
27 mins
Thinking Allowed
Fashion and class
Fashion and class: from the 'branded gentry' to the high street.
28 mins
Thinking Allowed
Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club
What sport teaches us about philosophy and the evolution of an East Midlands football club
28 mins
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Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club
The philosophy of sport, and the evolution of a African Caribbean football club.
28 mins
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Heritage and preservation
Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes?
28 mins
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Global inequality - Signs of 'nation'
Global inequality and poverty - is it decreasing? Also, signs of 'nation'.
28 mins
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Global inequality - 'signs of nation'
Is the Global South catching up with the North?
28 mins
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Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism. Also, male infertility.
28 mins
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Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.
28 mins
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The secret world of hair
The secret world of hair: an anthropological journey. Also, cancer and hair loss.
28 mins
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The Secret World of Hair
An anthropological journey through the world of hair.
28 mins
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The Subway
A special programme on the subway.
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