Thinking Allowed
Hosted by Laurie Taylor · BBC Radio 4
4.6from 517 ratings
- 583
- Episodes
- 51
- Transcribed
- 517
- Ratings
- 2010
- First episode
About Thinking Allowed
New research on how society works
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2010
- Latest episode
- 7 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
51 of 583 episodes have a transcript.
7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ageing and Society
30 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Charity Shops and Pocket Money
23 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Strikes, Solidarity and South Asian Britain
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Ageing and Society
Published 7 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So healthy ageing is not just about physical health. It was very much a process that was developing and maintaining the functional abilities that enabled people to achieve what they valued in life. So that's a very different definition of healthy ageing to the one that we often think about. […]
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- Judith Phillips
- Kingsley Purdam
- Gaby Harris
- Triona Fitton
- Taj Ali
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 298 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 219 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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Laurie Taylor host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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