Recent Episodes
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Rethinking keynesian fiscal stimulus
Apr 2, 2025 – 01:21:59 -
Global dignity and seeing others: political and environmental recognition compared
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:57:43 -
How do we avoid falling for online scams?
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:32:36 -
Agents of change? The challenges of understanding empowerment through international development
Mar 31, 2025 – 01:27:03 -
In conversation with Alexander Stubb
Mar 31, 2025 – 00:51:22 -
From menarche to menopause: how reproductive histories shape women's health
Mar 27, 2025 – 01:26:51 -
The future of AI
Mar 27, 2025 – 01:28:49 -
War crimes talk: does it help or hinder peace?
Mar 26, 2025 – 01:27:51 -
Wealth in people
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:24:35 -
The diffusion of soft technologies during and after WWII
Mar 20, 2025 – 01:29:23 -
Unchaining Venezuela: a struggle for democracy
Mar 20, 2025 – 01:25:35 -
On white normativity, racial habituation, and cracks in racial teams
Mar 19, 2025 – 01:22:43 -
The mysterious art and science of doing good
Mar 18, 2025 – 01:28:45 -
Social justice and health equity
Mar 17, 2025 – 01:23:48 -
Assisted dying: what should we think?
Mar 13, 2025 – 01:26:45 -
In conversation with Maurice Saatchi
Mar 12, 2025 – 01:22:20 -
Epistemic pluralism and climate change
Mar 10, 2025 – 01:23:49 -
Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood
Mar 6, 2025 – 01:21:09 -
Citizens as cultivars: democratic values in paddy fields and universities
Mar 5, 2025 – 01:07:46 -
Artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the creative industries
Mar 4, 2025 – 01:31:03 -
From the secrets of the universe to socio-economic impact: the power of big science
Mar 3, 2025 – 01:34:09 -
The lost Marie Curies
Feb 27, 2025 – 01:20:41 -
From the high seas to corporate boardrooms: Suzanne Heywood in conversation
Feb 25, 2025 – 00:58:47 -
Peak injustice: Solving Britain’s inequality crisis
Feb 24, 2025 – 01:27:22 -
Are we in danger of losing our communities?
Feb 21, 2025 – 00:29:58 -
The hidden victims: civilian casualties of the two world wars
Feb 20, 2025 – 01:30:12 -
The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the industrial clock
Feb 19, 2025 – 01:28:52 -
Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet?
Feb 18, 2025 – 01:29:38 -
Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda?
Feb 17, 2025 – 01:27:45 -
Trans* lives, histories and activism
Feb 13, 2025 – 01:23:48 -
Power, freedom, and justice: rethinking Foucault
Feb 12, 2025 – 01:26:22 -
Is there a new Washington consensus?
Feb 11, 2025 – 01:24:55 -
Racism, anti-racism and the politics of popular culture
Feb 6, 2025 – 01:30:16 -
Does class inequality still matter? The Great British Class Survey ten years on
Feb 4, 2025 – 01:23:20 -
Sustainability and prosperity in the age of ecological scarcity
Feb 3, 2025 – 01:31:51 -
Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope, and the human spirit
Jan 30, 2025 – 01:31:00 -
Has neoliberalism failed? Reflections on Western society
Jan 29, 2025 – 01:24:18 -
From liberal peace to new Cold War? Turbulence and conflict in the 21st century
Jan 28, 2025 – 01:33:03 -
Do we need to drive?
Jan 27, 2025 – 00:29:24 -
Power to the people
Jan 27, 2025 – 01:26:58 -
Economic development in the 21st century
Jan 23, 2025 – 01:27:07 -
The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk, and luck
Jan 22, 2025 – 01:15:40 -
Leadership or drift: what's next for US foreign policy?
Jan 21, 2025 – 01:25:48 -
Dangerous guesswork in economic policy
Jan 20, 2025 – 01:04:17 -
Malaysian Prime Minister Visits LSE
Jan 17, 2025 – 01:12:25 -
Vulture capitalism
Jan 13, 2025 – 01:32:01 -
Why are our rivers and seas polluted by sewage?
Dec 15, 2024 – 00:33:26 -
Automation, management, and the future of work
Dec 12, 2024 – 01:27:31 -
The state of democracy after a year of elections
Dec 11, 2024 – 01:28:41 -
Human rights through the eyes of my native land: South Africa in the world
Dec 10, 2024 – 01:35:51
Recent Reviews
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OchtapasPLEASE FIX THE AUDIOThis used to be my favorite podcast and it’s now become almost unbearable. The sound has never been great - poor use of mics I assume - but now there seems to be some machine being picked up by the mics or perhaps ungrounded mic cables causing an extremely distracting noise on every podcast I’ve tried to listen to lately. Listen to the Blood and Power episode, for example. Come on LSE, I know you don’t have Hollywood budgets but you must be able to sort out a few proper mics and a sound engineer intern to help you set them up.
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Andret6Hit and miss but the good long lectures are so goodDon’t care for the short casts , but man when the good longer lectures are good they are next level still talk about em 5 years later good.
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iPaloAltanGreat source of informationAmazing spectrum of topics, excellent speakers, and well-organized discussions. While UK-centric issues may not be of common interest (also quite overlapping Covid-19 ones), single-speaker talks are breathtaking as they are mostly touching global issues. Also, I find some panel talks a little West-EU inbred and narrow-scoped from the same-same-but-different minded speakers with too much conformity and no contrast (e.g., latest Ancient Greek Philosophy Episode). Overall, I strongly recommend it.
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SlanebrainUneven ExcelenceThe good podcasts are stratospheric but I’m afraid that the others . . . .
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SlipperySnake321Engaging Thoughtful ContentAccess to thoughtful experts, great questions, and overall a great learning opportunity. Thank you!
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EmilywardPHXWorst sound quality ever.Very interesting subject matter that is largely overlooked because the sound quality is so poor.
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DarkKnight47Economists Unite!Great public lectures on current events. If you are tired of the same old media nonsense. This is the place to hear cogent analysis! Take a listen and hear facts and opinion that doesn’t burn your brain or appeal to your inherent cognitive bias. Guaranteed to make you think.
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8HannahThankfulThese podcasts bless me. Despite some lecturers being misguided idiots, most bring stimulating, intellectual ideas to the table.
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clinappsmanFew others have better contentSifting through 'clever banter' podcasts, the LSE is an oasis of content. Literally World-Class speakers and the number of them makes me wonder how they organize so many. Comments about audio quality dumbfound me- I would listen to these speakers through a gramophone. Thank you, LSE, for making this available to the rest of the world.
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mllejaePlease improve qualityGreat content, but audio quality is terrible. Some parts are downright inaudible.
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tastytomatoBetter titlesExcellent series! iPod only captures 1st 3 words so could you include speaker last name, then a colon with the subject when you title?
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LSS3Please Reduce the Number of Programs in the FeedThere are so many programs that my podcast app can't handle the feed. I had to unsubscribe.
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Egomet BonmotBest podcast ever!Could LSE please word its lecture titles to be read on an iPhone? We only see the first three words on iTunes/iPhone & therefore can't tell one lecture from another. Thanks much!
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Rex.groveIncredible!What an incredible opportunity for fans of social theory to stay current with the best scholars in the world. Thanks!!
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Listener ErikMany eye-opening, mind-expanding lectures by a great variety of speakers from around the worldI am so glad LSE's live lectures and events podcasts are back!
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Jacob BorthFantastic.Please keep them coming.
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OcgeneBest companion during my 2 HR drive in LAEveryday during my drive to UCLA, these podcasts and the ones from Stanford are my best companions. Without these, I have to listen to polarizing talk show hosts who transmit 1/100th of useful information. Most if the audios are of good quality, but some are pretty bad, may be the speaker turns away from the microphone. Hope LSE uses wireless microphones attached to the speakers.
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caveat-emptorInvaluable resourceIt's very much to LSE's credit that they go to the effort of posting these lectures in podcast form. It sounds like most of them are public, but as others have pointed out, that doesn't mean the lecturers treat anyone like they're stupid or gullible. Speakers of all political stripe are represented, from a prominent Tory advisor to Slavoj Zizek, and overall, the lecturers are well-prepared and expect difficult questions from the audience. Very occasionally there are lecturers who have typed out a speech which they just read, which can make them a little tedious ("Secularisms in Crisis" was an unfortunate victim of this phenomenon). While currents of thought shift with time, LSE's lectures are posted often enough to keep up with events. This in combination with the high quality of the speakers makes these lectures an outstanding and invaluable resource to sift through, whether out of professional interest, or as a thoughtful bystander.
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YngveldSerious brain foodIt is true that some of the lectures have poor sound quality, but the intellectual content is fabulous. These are subject matter experts (in the best sense of the term) talking to a post-graduate or higher audience. There is no talking down, no mealy-mouthed populism, and nobody tries to get away with unsupported slogans.
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thinkdriver8good content, poor qualitythis can be a great listen on the commute to work. after a dozen or so, the content and speakers tend to be quite good but the audio quality is often mediocre to awful. it usually sounds like someone in the front row is holding a tape recorder, rather than using a line-level recording. speakers often walk away from the microphone, and questions from the audience are inaudible. Such distractions otherwise detract from good speakers and fascinating information.
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