Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Thinking Allowed

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Science & Nature

BBC Radio 4 LW

Thinking Allowed: The High-life and the Row-life

18/04/2012

The High-life and the Row-life

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, The High-life and the Row-life

Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.

Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of the lives of crack cocaine users and a study of team spirit in a Cambridge rowing crew.

What is the reality of life for a crack cocaine user in South London? Daniel Briggs new ethnography is a day to day observation of the people who use the drug, and their struggles to get the drug and also to get off it. He takes Laurie Taylor on an unsettling journey through violence and intimidation. 
Also in the programme, eight men in a boat - but how to stop them from pulling in different directions? Anthony King tells Laurie about his research into how a Cambridge crew prepared for and won the Boat Race. He explains the factors which helped and hindered their attempt to establish a rowing rhythm, and discusses what this says about co-ordinating action in society at large. 
Producer: Charlie Taylor.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Thinking Allowed

The High-life and the Row-life

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4