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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 5,859 episodes available.
May 21, 2025Critique is the critique of powerThis event will bring together sociologists from a range of traditions to discuss whether critique can be equated with the critique of power in the analysis of the social world....more1h 33minPlay
May 20, 2025Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approachWith the ubiquity of technological devices, young people are more visible and accessible than ever before, and they are encountering, using and producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery....more1h 30minPlay
May 19, 2025Conscience incorporated: pursuing profits while protecting human rightsIn today’s world, where corporations wield immense power and influence, how can business leaders balance the pursuit of profits with ethical responsibility?...more1h 3minPlay
May 14, 2025Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern EnglandIn his latest book, The Market for Skill: apprenticeship and economic growth in early-modern England, which forms the basis of this event, Patrick Wallis shows how apprenticeship helped reshape the English economy between 1500-1800....more1h 30minPlay
May 13, 2025AI's hidden supply chain explained: why it's more fragile than you thinkFrom writing emails and generating art to reshaping industries, artificial intelligence is transforming daily life. But what powers artificial intelligence? And how stable is the infrastructure it's built on?...more6minPlay
May 13, 2025Neoliberalism and social justice? Reconciling Adam Smith and John RawlsThis event will explore the relationship between Rawlsian liberal egalitarianism and neoliberalism, based on Nick Cowen's book Neoliberal Social Justice....more1h 32minPlay
May 12, 2025The corporation in the 21st centuryJoin us as John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, discusses his new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong....more1h 9minPlay
May 08, 2025The power of data: ethics, politics, and public interestThis event will discuss important questions around the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest, from access to information to civic participation and business development to democratic processes....more1h 25minPlay
May 07, 2025The death and life of the center-leftSince the 1990s, progressive parties have tended to combine globalist neoliberal policies with avant-garde social views....more1h 34minPlay
May 06, 2025Greenland, Iceland and the meltdown of the old order in the North AtlanticPresident Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic....more1h 23minPlay
FAQs about The Ballpark:How many episodes does The Ballpark have?The podcast currently has 5,859 episodes available.