The sensory landscape of the city
The sensory landscape of the city. Laurie Taylor explores the scenes, sounds, smells and tastes of urban life. He's joined by Daniel Silver, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toron...
10 Jan 201828min
The Housing Crisis, Squatting in Amsterdam
The housing crisis and beyond: Laurie Taylor talks to Anna Minton, Reader in Architecture at the University of East London & author of 'Big Capital: Who Is London For?' and David Madden, Assistant Pro...
3 Jan 201828min
Working-class actors, Class and classical music
Working class actors: Laurie Taylor asks if acting is becoming an increasingly exclusive and elite profession. He talks to the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh and to Dave O'Brien, Chancellor's Fellow, Cultur...
27 Dec 201727min
Christmas Television
Christmas Television: Laurie Taylor explores the history, meaning and variety of this very British tradition. What's its role in the construction of a real or imagined 'national' family? He's joined b...
20 Dec 201727min
The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in Schools
Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.
14 Dec 201728min
The New Economy
The New Economy: How people turn themselves into 'brands' in the quest for work. Laurie Taylor talks to Ilana Gershon, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, and author of a new st...
6 Dec 201727min
Politics and Emotion
A revolution in feeling: How the Enlightenment forged our understanding of human emotion and the ways in which this relates to the contemporary political world. Laurie Taylor talks to the literary his...
29 Nov 201728min
GDP, Mali music
GDP - Laurie Taylor talks to Lorenzo Fioramonti, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria, and author of a new book which exposes the flaws of an economic system which values this ...
27 Nov 201728min
