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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.
March 25, 2025Wealth in peopleJoin us for this special lecture by LSE alumnus and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics James A Robinson....more1h 25minPlay
March 25, 2025Training military and police peacekeepers on gender | Coffee break research at LSEThe practice of "gender training" has gained widespread popularity among numerous professions in the last few decades, even becoming a requirement for soldiers and police officers deploying overseas as peacekeepers....more21minPlay
March 24, 2025LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic stability with Dr Nicola LeveringhausThe ongoing conflict in Ukraine has brought the spectre of potential nuclear conflict back into the public consciousness for the first time in decades....more36minPlay
March 20, 2025The diffusion of soft technologies during and after WWIIBritish business productivity growth has been lagging for the past couple of decades, and key to the Labour government’s goal of improving economic growth is raising productivity....more1h 30minPlay
March 20, 2025Unchaining Venezuela: a struggle for democracyJoin us for a public event with Leopoldo López, political leader in Venezuela and prominent advocate for democracy....more1h 26minPlay
March 19, 2025On white normativity, racial habituation, and cracks in racial teamsIn this year’s annual British Journal of Sociology lecture, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva will review the basics of his “racialized social system” with a focus on explaining how he has improved the theoretical apparatus over the years....more1h 23minPlay
March 18, 2025The mysterious art and science of doing goodPrivate actions for public benefit - philanthropy, charity, voluntary action or social entrepreneurship - have long been at the core of societies, religions and human activity....more1h 29minPlay
March 17, 2025Social justice and health equityMichael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London and Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, will outline why the need to reduce inequalities in health is a matter of social justice....more1h 24minPlay
March 13, 2025Assisted dying: what should we think?A new bill proposes to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill patients in England and Wales. Many difficult philosophical, moral, legal and social questions are raised by end-of-life legislation....more1h 27minPlay
March 12, 2025In conversation with Maurice SaatchiIn an age of conformists and faux-contrarians, Maurice Saatchi has revolutionised British business and politics through his willingness to question received wisdom....more1h 23minPlay
FAQs about The Ballpark:How many episodes does The Ballpark have?The podcast currently has 5,855 episodes available.