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Radio 4,·788 episodes
Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.
25 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.
Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.
18 Oct 2017,·27 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state.
18 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.
11 Oct 2017,·27 mins
What are restaurants for? Laurie Taylor explores the many functions of dining out.
11 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non dystopian look at future possibilities
04 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities.
Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.
27 Sep 2017,·28 mins
Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world.
The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK
20 Sep 2017,·28 mins
The Mafia and organised crime.
Why is meaningless speech in the workplace so ubiquitous?
13 Sep 2017,·28 mins
Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?
Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?
26 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.
Laurie Taylor goes underground - from New York to Delhi.
19 Jul 2017,·28 mins
A special programme on the subway.
An anthropological journey through the world of hair.
13 Jul 2017,·28 mins
The secret world of hair: an anthropological journey. Also, cancer and hair loss.
12 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.
05 Jul 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism. Also, male infertility.
Is the Global South catching up with the North?
28 Jun 2017,·28 mins
Global inequality and poverty - is it decreasing? Also, signs of 'nation'.
Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes?
21 Jun 2017,·28 mins
The philosophy of sport, and the evolution of a African Caribbean football club.
14 Jun 2017,·28 mins
What sport teaches us about philosophy and the evolution of an East Midlands football club
Fashion and class: from the 'branded gentry' to the high street.
07 Jun 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the significance of the face.
31 May 2017,·27 mins
Doctors at war. Also, patients who worry about wasting their GP's time.
24 May 2017,·28 mins
