''Thinking Allowed'' is a radio discussion programme broadcast on
BBC Radio 4
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on Wednesday afternoons between 16:00 and 16:30 and repeated between 00:15 and 00:45 on Monday mornings. It focuses on the latest
social science
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research and is hosted by
Laurie Taylor, who was formerly a
Professor
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of
Sociology
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at the
University of York. The programme was first broadcast in 1998.
Occasionally, special editions of the programme are produced in co-operation with the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's underg ...
.
References
External links
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''Thinking Allowed'' archivePodcast feed
BBC Radio 4 programmes
Educational broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Open University
British podcasts
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