Grammar Schools and Social Mobility; The Opera Fanatic
Laurie Taylor explores opera fanatics at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and compares them to fans in Cardiff, with Professor Claudio Benzecry from the University of Connecticut and Professor Paul At...
30 Nov 201128min
Older gays in rural areas; Protest over art and culture in America
Protests against art and culture occur every day across America. Conservatives object to artworks deemed blasphemous or obscene; liberals rally against depictions they see as racist or misogynist. But...
23 Nov 201128min
Race and the Seaside - The Brain
Laurie Taylor examines the limits of science and the machine age with writer Bryan Appleyard and philosopher John Gray and asks whether we are in danger of losing the essence of what it is to be human...
16 Nov 201128min
Power Restoration After Hurricane Ike - White Middle Class Identity In Urban Schools
Laurie Taylor explores new research examining the motives of middle class parents who deliberately send their children to failing or under-performing schools.'White, Middle Class Identities in Urban S...
9 Nov 201128min
Kissing men - Decline of violence in history
Laurie Taylor explores Professor Steven Pinker's notion of a decline in human violence with Anthony O'Hear, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham. Laurie also examines an apparent ri...
2 Nov 201128min
Muslim women's basketball - Still life
Is tradition under threat from capitalism, or are we overly negative about the cultural impact of globalisation? Henrietta Moore challenges what she sees as despair about the impact of international c...
26 Okt 201128min
Becoming Yellow - Journalist bias
Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing and he examines how the colour 'yellow' became applied to people of Asian origin. Professsor Ian Hutchby from the University of Leices...
19 Okt 201128min
Migration - Music and Politics
Laurie Taylor explores new research that resonates in society. In the recent Arab Spring a Syrian singer has his vocal chords cut after singing at protest rallies. Forty years ago the Chilean musician...
12 Okt 201128min
