LSE: Public lectures and events podcast

LSE: Public lectures and events

The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.

The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.

 

#300

The search for democracy in the world's largest democracy

Contributor(s): Priyanka Kotamraju, Professor Tarun Khaitan, Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor Alpa Shah | In her latest book, The Incarcerations. Professor Alpa Shah finds a shocking case of cyber warfare - hacked emails, mobile phones and implantation of electronic evidence used to make the arrests of the 16 human rights defenders (the BK-16). Delving into the lives of the BK-16, The Incarcerations shows how the case is a bellwether for the collapse of democracy and why these events matter to all of us. ... Read more

26 Mar 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:52

26 Mar 2024


#299

The trading game

Contributor(s): Gary Stevenson, Rebecca Gowland | Whilst studying at LSE, Gary won a competition run by a bank: "The Trading Game". The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything? Gary's book is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the game and then blew it all wide open. ... Read more

21 Mar 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:34

21 Mar 2024


#298

Who's afraid of gender?

Contributor(s): Professor Judith Butler | Judith Butler confronts the attacks on gender which have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilisation – and even "man" himself. ... Read more

20 Mar 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:54

20 Mar 2024


#297

The politics and philosophy of AI

Contributor(s): Dr Kate Vredenburgh, Professor Geoffrey Hinton | As artificial intelligence (AI) moves beyond the realm of science fiction, it is already having a profound impact on our economies, societies and politics. Our panel examine its transformative power and disruptive potential. ... Read more

19 Mar 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:16

19 Mar 2024


#296

Digital cities for humans or for profit?

Contributor(s): Professor Myria Georgiou, Dr Matt Mahmoudi, Professor Myria Georgiou, Professor Ayona Datta, Sara Alsherif | Our panel investigates the dynamic workings of technology and power in the city from a transnational and comparative perspective as illustrated in Myria Georgiou’s book, Being Human in Digital Cities. They discuss the the contradictory claims and struggles for the future of digital cities and their humanity. ... Read more

18 Mar 2024

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:05

18 Mar 2024


#295

Recasting the global economy and international institutions: collaboration, competition, and the new...

Contributor(s): Rachel Kyte, Professor Lord Stern | As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, our panel discuss the growth story for the 21st century: building sustainable, resilient, and equitable development. ... Read more

14 Mar 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:35

14 Mar 2024


#294

A new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions

Contributor(s): Professor Cameron Hepburn, Professor Lord Stern | As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, the second lecture explores structural transformation; policies and institutions. ... Read more

13 Mar 2024

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:21

13 Mar 2024


#293

Look again: the power of noticing what was always there

Contributor(s): Professor Tali Sharot, Professor Cass R. Sunstein | The authors tackle a great question: why are we so often oblivious to things around us, from pollution and lying to bias and corruption? ... Read more

13 Mar 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:17

13 Mar 2024


#292

A world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation

Contributor(s): Professor Emily Shuckburgh, Professor Lord Stern | As part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series, our panel discussed the first theme on a world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation. ... Read more

12 Mar 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:18

12 Mar 2024


#291

Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism

Contributor(s): Humza Yousaf MSP | Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister of Scotland looks at the relative success of European countries comparable to Scotland, which benefit from an (economic) model grounded in the combination of social solidarity and economic dynamism. With the damage of  Brexit becoming clear, would an independent Scotland in the EU be well-placed to benefit from an economic model and direction different to Westminster’s? ... Read more

12 Mar 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:42

12 Mar 2024


#290

Global ocean governance: past, present, and future

Contributor(s): Professor Scott Barrett | The ocean is governed by a combination of property rights, established in customary law, cooperative agreements, and under treaty law. Professor Scott Barrett looks at what these institutions have achieved and why. ... Read more

11 Mar 2024

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:28

11 Mar 2024


#289

217 million census records: evidence from linked census data

Contributor(s): Professor James Feigenbaum | In this talk, James Feigenbaum shows how the ability to link individuals over time, and between databases, means that new avenues for research have opened up, thus allowing us to track intergenerational mobility, assimilation, discrimination and the returns to education. ... Read more

07 Mar 2024

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:30

07 Mar 2024


#288

Déja vu all over again? Super Tuesday and the race for the presidency

Contributor(s): Dr Jason Casellas, Dr Ursula Hackett, Mark Landler, Professor Stephanie Rickard | Jason Casellas is the John G. Winant Visiting Professor in American Government at the University of Oxford affiliated with Balliol College and the Rothermere American Institute.  Ursula Hackett is Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellow.  Mark Landler is the London bureau chief of The New York Times. Stephanie J Rickard is Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the Department of Government. ... Read more

06 Mar 2024

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:08

06 Mar 2024


#287

How can we tackle inequalities through British public policy?

Contributor(s): Dr Tania Burchardt, Professor Neil Lee, Professor Mike Savage | Our panel of speakers will cover a range of topics, such as how we can improve the quality of employment, how to implement a levelling up agenda, and how we can tackle wealth inequality in the UK. ... Read more

05 Mar 2024

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:23

05 Mar 2024


#286

What's funny about everyday sexism?

Contributor(s): Cally Beaton | They discuss how comedy can both perpetuate and conceal sexism, while also having the profound ability to reveal and rise above bias and discrimination. ... Read more

05 Mar 2024

38 MINS

38:25

05 Mar 2024


#285

Shaping major cities – the challenge of being a mayor

Contributor(s): Marvin Rees OBE | What lessons are there about how to represent, lead and shape a city? How difficult is it to balance short-term priorities with long-term vision and strategy? And what does central government need to learn about public policy and city services from the sharp end? Join us as we host Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, to address this and more. ... Read more

29 Feb 2024

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:36

29 Feb 2024


#284

The inequality of wealth: why it matters and how to fix it

Contributor(s): Katie Schmuecker, Professor Mike Savage , Liam Byrne MP | Yet, it doesn’t have to be like this. In his new book The Inequality of Wealth: why it matters and how to fix it, former Treasury Minister, Liam Byrne, explains the fast-accelerating inequality of wealth; warns how it threatens our society, economy, and politics; shows where economics got it wrong – and lays out a path back to common sense, with five practical new ways to rebuild an old ideal: the wealth-owning democracy. Liam Byrne draws on conversations and debates with former prime ministers, presidents and policymakers around the world together with experts at the OECD, World Bank, and IMF to argue that, after twenty years of statistics and slogans, it's time for solutions that aren’t just radical but plausible and achievable as well. ... Read more

28 Feb 2024

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:00

28 Feb 2024


#283

Moments of polycrisis: a mayor's perspective

Contributor(s): Kostas Bakoyannis | It has become vital to draw from the local perspective when tackling global issue. The same is true for many organisations and communities, for whom traditional, top-down approaches do not offer the agility and responsiveness that is essential for effective crisis management in our times. Having served local government for 13 years, from a rural to an urban context and from a small town to a region and a big city, Kostas Bakoyannis shares his experience of bottom-up crisis management including the economic, refugee and COVID-19 crises. ... Read more

27 Feb 2024

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:20

27 Feb 2024


#282

Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

Contributor(s): Sarah Appleton, Nikki Sullivan, Paul Frijters, Helen | Joanna Bale talks to Helen, who found Ozempic ‘life-changing’, Clinical Psychologist Sarah Appleton, and LSE’s Nikki Sullivan & Paul Frijters. ... Read more

25 Feb 2024

00 MINS

00:00

25 Feb 2024


#281

The modern left for progressive governance

Contributor(s): Stefanos Kasselakis | In Greece, SYRIZA rose dramatically to lead the fight against euro-zone imposed austerity. Yet, it lost badly in two national elections last year and the left is fragmenting. How can the fortunes of the left be restored? What kind of unity is feasible and desirable on the left? How can the left avoid further defeat? ... Read more

23 Feb 2024

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:20

23 Feb 2024