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The swimming pool

The swimming pool: its iconic role in our society and culture. Also, pool etiquette.

• 27 mins

Shopping

From the rise of the mall, to the closure of shops during Covid.

• 28 mins

The British Elite

Who runs Britain today? Are they a conservative chumocracy or a different kind of elite?

• 28 mins

Coffee Culture

Hipster baristas in Philadelphia and Chinese-run espresso bars in Italy.

• 27 mins

Medical Icons

Medical revolutions that transformed out relationship to our bodies and the world.

• 28 mins

Sight and Power

From Bentham's panopticon and surveillance cameras to conflicts over views of Mount Fuji.

• 28 mins

Architecture and Hope

Can building design create hope, from high security prisons to homeless hostels?

• 28 mins

Gender and Radicalisation

How does gender influence men and women's participation in extremist politics?

• 28 mins

Sea Travelling

Shipboard travels and maritime maps.

• 28 mins

Meaning of Work

What makes work meaningful, from nurses to lawyers? Also, cleaners' quest for dignity.

• 28 mins

Food Systems

From tin cans to stretch-wrap, the secret life of food packaging.

• 28 mins

Tech Workers

The hidden exploitation of workers at the heart of artificial intelligence.

• 28 mins

Playgrounds

The social history of the playground.

• 28 mins

Crime Stories

Why do stories about true crime exercise such a grip on the popular imagination?

• 28 mins

Touch

Touch: what a single sense can tell us about changing ideas of intimacy and privacy.

• 29 mins

Wealth

Offshore finance and a millennial history of the wealthy.

• 28 mins

Underwear

From the humorous to the sensual, the hidden story of underwear.

• 28 mins