Motorbikes

Thinking Allowed

BBC

Society & Culture, Science

4.4 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Motorbikes: Born to be wild. Randy McBee, Professor of Labor and Social History at the Texas Tech University, considers the rise of the American Motorcyclist from its largely working-class roots to the growth in "outlaw" motorcycle culture in the 1950s through to the development of the motorcycle rights movement of the 1960s and the emergence of the rich urban biker more recently. What impact has the 'biker' had on American culture and politics? He's joined by Esperanza Miyake, Lecturer in Digital Media and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, and author of a new study of the 'gendered motorcycle' in film, advertising and TV. She asks why biker culture is often seen as essentially masculine and what happens to gender at 120mph.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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0:00.0	Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of
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0:19.4	I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that
0:25.4	calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds.
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0:36.2	I'm Laurie Taylor and this is a Radio 4 podcast for thinking aloud.
0:40.6	I should tell you that at this very moment I'm dressed completely in black-studied leather
0:45.2	and about to climb aboard my Harley-Davidson. Yes indeed, the terrible lure of motorcycle culture.
0:53.0	Hey everybody, let's have L-36 again.
0:57.0	Is she really going out with him? Well there she is, let's ask.
1:08.0	Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing?
1:10.0	Mm-hmm. Gee, it must be great riding with him.
1:14.0	Is he picking you up after school today?
1:17.0	Mm-hmm.
1:18.0	By the way, where'd you meet him?
1:20.0	I made him at the candy store.
1:22.0	He turned around and smiled at me. I met him at the candy store.
1:23.0	He turned around and smiled at me, you get the picture?
1:26.0	Yes, we see.
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