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Thinking Allowed is a BBC Radio 4 series discussing social science.

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Beverley Squares Neighborhoods of Brooklyn in New York City

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Thinking Allowed is a radio discussion programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 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 research and is hosted by Laurie Taylor, who was formerly a Professor of Sociology 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.

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<i>Thinking, Fast and Slow</i>

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