Junk Food Traders in Secondary Schools; Darjeeling Tea Workers
Tea workers in Darjeeling. Laurie Taylor talks to Sarah Besky, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Michigan, about her study of the tough lives of tea plantation workers, and the ...
22 Okt 201428min
Drug Mules; 'Dads Only' Parenting Project
Drug Mules - Laurie Taylor talks to Jennifer Fleetwood, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester, about her study of women in the international cocaine trade. Drawing on 'in depth' inter...
15 Okt 201428min
Dementia Handbags; Place Hacking
Place hacking the hidden city. Laurie Taylor talks to Bradley Garrett, Lecturer in Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton, about his research into the world of urban exploration. B...
8 Okt 201428min
Gaybourhood and City Life
Gay life at home and in the 'city' - a special edition of Thinking Allowed presented by Laurie Taylor. From squatted terraces to rented bedsits, the social historian, Matt Cook, explores the domestic ...
6 Aug 201428min
Non-Networking Graduates; Race and Consumption
Race & consumption - Laurie Taylor talks to Ben Pitcher, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, about the ways in which racial meaning is produced in everyday acts of consumption. From the ...
30 Jul 201428min
Dalit Parties and Democratisation in Tamil Nadu; History of the Elevator
Elevators - a cultural history. Before skyscrapers transformed the urban landscape a new conveyance made them possible. The elevator, invented in New York in the 1850s, became a factor of metropolitan...
23 Jul 201428min
Rio, Protests and the World Cup; Dying in Prison
Rio, protests and the World Cup. Laurie Taylor talks to Jessica Leigh Glass, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Georgia State University, about her research into the street protests...
16 Jul 201428min
A History of Tennis, Talking Treatments
Tennis: From Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon. Laurie Taylor talks to life long tennis fan and cultural historian, Elizabeth Wilson. The story of tennis illuminates social change and struggle ac...
9 Jul 201428min
