OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cruel optimism and obesity
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The impossibility of the ‘Good Life’ and obesity are discussed on this week's Thinking Allowed. What do our academics say about this? Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cruel optimism and obesity
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Conspiracy theories
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This week Thinking Allowed will be looking at conspiracy theories. Or at least, that's what they want you to think... Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Conspiracy theories
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Being a father and stag nights
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Thinking Allowed focuses on being a father and stag nights in this week's episode Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Being a father and stag nights
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Debt and cosmetic tourism
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In this week's Thinking Allowed, the team look at debt and cosmetic tourism Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Debt and cosmetic tourism
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cities under siege and professional boundaries
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Cities under siege and uniforms, setting status and professional boundaries in hospital settings are the focus of the first Thinking Allowed of 2012 Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cities under siege and professional boundaries
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - A sense of home
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In the next episode of Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor and a team of two sociologists will be visiting listeners’ homes to discuss their home arrangements Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - A sense of home
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Madness and civilisation
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In this week's Thinking Allowed, the subject explored is madness and civilisation Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Madness and civilisation
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Parenting
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Thinking Allowed this week looks at the advice given to parents, and parent and teen attitudes to sex in the USA and The Netherlands. Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Parenting
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Opera and grammar schools
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In this week's Thinking Allowed, the focus is on the popularity of opera in Venezuela and Wales, and grammar schools and social mobility Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Opera and grammar schools
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cultural protest and freedom of expression
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Cultural protest and freedom of expression are debated in this week's Thinking Allowed Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Cultural protest and freedom of expression
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Seaside race issues and reductionism
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In this week's Thinking Allowed, race and the seaside is explored and machine capacity is compared to human capacity Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Seaside race issues and reductionism
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - neo-liberalism and middle class schools
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The Hazards of Neo-Liberalism and white, middle class children in urban schools are the subjects explored in this week's Thinking Allowed Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - neo-liberalism and middle class schools
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Aerial bombardment and progress
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In this week's episode, Laurie Taylor discusses aerial bombardment in the UK and the level of progress over time. Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Aerial bombardment and progress
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Muslim women's basketball and still life
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Muslim women's basketball and the role of hope, desire and satisfaction in different cultures are the two topics explored by Laurie Taylor in Thinking Allowed... Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Muslim women's basketball and still life
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Political interviews and the colour yellow
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Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing and also examines how the colour 'yellow' became applied to people of Asian origin. Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Political interviews and the colour yellow
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - War, music and essential immigration
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In this week's episide of Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor Thinking explores popular music as a threat to national security. Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - War, music and essential immigration
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Tipping Points
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Shahida Bari visits the Thinking Allowed studios to discuss tipping points Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Tipping Points
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Surnames and comic book superheroes
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In this week's episode of Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor talks to Marc DiPaolo and Matthew Sweet about the relationship between war, politics and comic... Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Surnames and comic book superheroes
More about Thinking Allowed
Why is The Open University Thinking Allowed?
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Wendy Maples explains why she's delighted that The Open University is continuing its relationship with Radio 4's exploration of the social sciences. Read more : Why is The Open University Thinking Allowed?
OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - About the series
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Thinking Allowed, the long-running BBC Radio 4 series, is teaming up for a series of specials with the Open University Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - About the series
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