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Live Music - from Dance Hall to the 100 Club

Laurie Taylor explores a social history of live music from 1950 to 1967.

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Laurie Taylor discusses life in the modern male prison. Also, jellied eels and 'disgust'.

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Stammering and Identity; Land of Too Much

Poverty versus abundance in the US. Plus managing a social stigma for people who stammer.

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Middle Class Enclaves and Escapes

Special edition recorded at the British Sociological Association's 2013 conference.

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