The White Working Class.
The white working class - are they the left behind? Noam Gidron, a Fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University, asks if the right wing, populist vote is a ref...
28 Helmi 201828min
Artisanal food - Natural foods
The politics and meaning of 'alternative' foods: Laura Miller, Associate Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University, discusses her study of 'Natural Foods'. How did what was once a culturally margi...
21 Helmi 201827min
A Valentine Day's special
A Valentine Day's Special. Laurie Taylor explores changing attitudes to infidelity and considers a cross cultural history of rings. Wendy Doniger, Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Rel...
14 Helmi 201828min
Populism
Populism - Laurie Taylor explores the origins, meaning and rise of populist politics, across the Left as well as the Right. He's joined by Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor in the Department of A...
7 Helmi 201827min
Stigma
Stigma - Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of Erving Goffman's famous sociological concept and the ways it's being re-cast by social scientists in the 21st century. He's joined by Graham ...
31 Tammi 201827min
Countercultural seekers, Slum tourism
Counter cultural seekers: Laurie Taylor talks to Mark Liechty, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and author of a new book exploring the origins and meaning of the hippy...
24 Tammi 201827min
Countercultural seekers/ slum tourism.
Counter cultural seekers and meaning of the hippy trail. Also, slum tourism in Mumbai.
24 Tammi 201827min
Police culture
Police culture, socialisation and identity. Laurie Taylor explores the process by which police officers become 'blue'. He's joined by Sarah Charman, a Reader in Criminology at the University of Portsm...
17 Tammi 201828min
