Supermax - Western Rule
Laurie Taylor explores the growth of high security prisons in America alongside the increased use of solitary confinement with criminologist Dr Sharon Shalev whose book 'Supermax' examines both topics...
3 Nov 201028min
Happy families? - Science's first mistake
Was there ever a golden age of the family? Political debates about the family often invoke a norm of family life in which marriages lasted and children thrived. But a new report suggests that pre-mari...
27 Okt 201028min
Global higher education - Homophobia and football
Laurie Taylor examines some new research about homophobia and football and talks to Professor Ellis Cashmore from Staffordshire University about how fans, players and management respond to the issue. ...
20 Okt 201028min
Economic migration and happiness - Hairdressing and emotional labour
Laurie Taylor asks whether migrants who move to another country for economic reasons are likely to increase their levels of happiness with higher incomes. Using the USA as a focus for his research, Dr...
13 Okt 201028min
Drugs trial calamity - McCarthy stigma
Professor Laurie Taylor looks at new research dealing with the McCarthy period in US History when actors and artists found themselves unable to work having been denounced or charged for having associa...
6 Okt 201028min
Liverpool Football Club - Au Pairs
Laurie Taylor explores the different experiences of au pairs in the UK and finds that the ( predominantly ) girls view of the families they work for is not always very positive. Laurie also talks to s...
29 Sep 201028min
Secrets of Capitalism - Religion and Science
The United States does not have the highest living standard in the world - The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet - People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than peo...
22 Sep 201028min
Eavesdropping - CCTV in schools
From Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' to Facebook and Twitter, from Soviet Spies to Parisian cafes, eavesdropping is a universal phenomenon. John Locke, who has provided the first serious and systematic stud...
15 Sep 201028min
