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Prison gangs in US, Millionaire children

A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?

• 28 mins

Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform

Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.

• 28 mins

Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages

Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.

• 28 mins

Russia's Red Web - Older Entrepreneurs

Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet.

• 28 mins

Female Serial Killers, Secular Stagnation

Laurie Taylor discusses female serial killers. Plus low economic growth and the future.

• 28 mins

Being Single - Modern Romance

Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.

• 28 mins

Human Rights in Northern Ireland, Social Mobility and Education

Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.

• 28 mins

Ambivalent atheism; Neoliberalism and old age

Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification.

• 28 mins

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, The hidden life of domestic things

Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the TTIP.

• 28 mins

Zoos explored, Funeral arranging

Laurie Taylor goes on a sociological safari, plus a look at reasons behind funeral choices

• 28 mins

Elite jobs, Hairdresser craft

How elite students get elite jobs and a look at hairdressing as a craft.

• 28 mins

Frauds of the left, Siblings

Laurie Taylor examines the intellectual credibility of key thinkers of the new left.

• 28 mins

Everyday life, Cafe society

Laurie Taylor takes a sociological look at everyday life. Plus cafe society.

• 28 mins

Land Ownership, Home at work

Laurie Taylor explores forgotten acres and looks at creating a sense of 'home' at work.

• 28 mins

Chess worlds, Competitive entrepreneurs

Laurie Taylor looks at chess communities and the competitive culture of the self-made men.

• 28 mins

A Special Programme on Rituals

A special programme on rituals, at Christmas and beyond.

• 28 mins

Fashion and Beauty

Laurie Taylor explores the pleasures and dangers in keeping up appearances.

• 28 mins

The end of 'careers', Humour at work

Laurie Taylor explores personal identity in an era of uncertain working lives.

• 28 mins

Modern slavery, School lunch boxes

Laurie Taylor explores tensions at the heart of contemporary struggles against enslavement

• 28 mins

Con Men in New York, Iconography of punishment

A look at con men in New York and the iconography of punishment.

• 28 mins

The Creative Economy, 'Grudge' Spending

The new politics of culture and creativity. Plus why people begrudge spending on security.

• 28 mins

Consumerism, Work-life balance

Laurie Taylor explores the history of the modern, material world.

• 28 mins

Weather forecasting, Young people and politics

Laurie Taylor explores a scientific art form rooted in unpredictability.

• 28 mins

Museums and nationalism, Imagining utopias

Laurie Taylor asks what can be learnt about nationalism from cultural institutions.

• 28 mins

Refusing adulthood, How young people feel about being poor

Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.

• 28 mins

The debt collection industry, Spousal job loss

Laurie Taylor explores what happens when everyday forms of borrowing go bad.

• 28 mins

Small towns, Patient rescue and resuscitation

A study of Todmorden. Also, the rescue and resuscitation of chronic patients.

• 28 mins

Philanthropy - Charity

Philanthropy and charitable giving: who do they benefit, and is there a price?

• 28 mins

Eviction, Self-build

Laurie Taylor looks at the rising number of people losing their homes in the US and UK.

• 28 mins

Dance halls, Pick-up artists

Laurie Taylor discusses the social and cultural history of 'going to the Palais'.

• 28 mins