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Strikes, Solidarity and South Asian Britain
Strikes, anti-racism and the fight for rights among South Asian Britons.

Rethinking Sociology: Empire, Knowledge and Connection
Rethinking sociology through empire, inequality and global connections.

Football and gambling
From grass roots and community cohesion to the costs of gambling on football games.

Ethics in sociological research
Laurie Taylor discusses the importance of research ethics from prisoners' letters to vlogs

Suicide, Society and Liveability
What shapes a life that feels worth living? How Durkheim's research is being rethought

Debt and Wealth Inequality
Living with debt - and has inequality become ingrained? Laurie Taylor hears new research.

Extreme Sports
Laurie Taylor hears about research into ultra running and women mountaineers.

The demise of Grand Theory?
Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.

Gentrification in Detroit and London
Failed gentrification in Detroit and the human cost of urban redevelopment in 1920s London

Prison violence, sound and survival
A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.