Holiday hedonism in Ibiza; White working class voters
Holiday hedonism - Laurie Taylor talks to the criminologist, Daniel Briggs, about his study into young British tourists' risk taking behaviour in Ibiza. From drug taking to prostitution, violence and ...
18 Syys 201328min
Bohemian Soho
Bohemian Soho - Laurie Taylor talks to the writer, Sophie Parkin, about her book on the Colony Room Club, a private members bar whose doors opened in 1948 and shut in 2008. The only criterion for memb...
11 Syys 201328min
Drug users and enforcement; 'Militant' Liverpool
Drug enforcement - does it change the drugs market? Laurie Taylor talks to Neil McKeganey about his research into police crackdowns on illegal drugs in 3 different areas of the UK. The researchers int...
14 Elo 201328min
The Minutemen; 'Lay' Witnesses in Court
The Minutemen - who are they? Laurie Taylor talks to US sociologist, Harel Shapira about the right wing activists who patrol the US border in search of illegal immigrants. How should these men be char...
7 Elo 201328min
'Teddies' and 'Gollies'; Smart-casual dining
Smart/casual dining - Once fine dining meant chandeliers, white tablecloths, and suited waiters. Yet today many of us will queue up for a seat at a loud, crowded noodle bar or eagerly seek out street ...
31 Heinä 201328min
Food Work in Hospital Wards; The Bangladesh/India Border
The Bangladesh/India border - As India sets about constructing a metal curtain along the full length of its border with Bangladesh, Cambridge anthropologist, Delwar Hussain travelled to the remote vil...
24 Heinä 201328min
Raising Middle-Class Black Children; Neon
Neon - Laurie Taylor discusses a history of the flickering light which illuminated the modern world. Professor of American Studies, Christoph Ribbat, charts the rise and fall of neon. From seedy back ...
17 Heinä 201328min
Terrorism Studies
'Terrorism Studies' - how it emerged as a new academic field in the post 9/11 world. Laurie Taylor talks to Harvard social scientist, Lisa Stampinitzky, about the themes of her new book "Disciplining ...
10 Heinä 201328min
