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The Ballpark is the LSE US Centre's regular podcast on the politics and policy of the United States. Through features and interviews with academics from the LSE and elsewhere, The Ballpark looks more ... more
FAQs about The Ballpark:How many episodes does The Ballpark have?The podcast currently has 5,855 episodes available.
May 04, 2021How to be HappyDo you feel like you’re on a treadmill and happiness is always just around the corner? Are you disappointed that the things you buy don’t bring you lasting happiness?...more7minPlay
May 04, 2021Do algorithms have too much power?Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future, but how much power should we give to them and have we let things go too far?...more45minPlay
April 29, 2021Predatory States and Ungoverned Spaces: who assumes the responsibility to protect?Reflecting on their personal experiences and journeys into their fields of expertise, this discussion will draw attention to the growing challenge of failed governance by states and the emergence of ungoverned and ‘alternatively governed’ spaces....more1h 34minPlay
April 29, 2021The Impossible Office? 300 years of the British Prime MinisterThe Office of the British Prime Minister has endured longer than any other democratic political office, but how have the 55 remarkable individuals who have led the country through peace, crisis and war shaped the role?...more58minPlay
April 28, 2021Mary Wollstonecraft and the Vindication of Human RightsJoin two great minds in exploring the themes of justice and equality: Amartya Sen and Enlightenment hero Mary Wollstonecraft, as Amartya Sen gives the inaugural Wollstonecraft Society Lecture....more1h 20minPlay
April 27, 2021The New Age of Empire: how racism and colonialism still rule the worldCoretta Phillips will be in conversation with Kehinde Andrews to discusses his new book, The New Age of Empire....more1hPlay
April 27, 2021Duck – Rabbit: taking sidesA new podcast where Professor Paul Dolan looks at the issues that divide us....more3minPlay
April 26, 2021Debating Capital and IdeologyThis event will debate Thomas Piketty’s urgent new book, Capital and Ideology, and will feature an interdisciplinary panel of experts....more1h 31minPlay
April 26, 2021Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of ReasonJulian Le Grand will talk with Justin E. H. Smith about his new book, Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of Reason....more59minPlay
April 21, 2021Cosmopolitanisms: past, present, future?A cosmopolitics that allows it for mankind to address its common interests is clearly needed, as demonstrated again by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is even urgent, a matter of life and death for millions, and survival for the planet....more1h 31minPlay
FAQs about The Ballpark:How many episodes does The Ballpark have?The podcast currently has 5,855 episodes available.