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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 5,860 episodes available.
February 14, 2024Transforming rural Southeast AsiaGlobally the proportion of people who live in rural areas is declining, yet the net number continues to increase: from 3 billion in 1990 to 3.4 billion in 2020....more1h 32minPlay
February 13, 2024Growth through investment: what should the UK's FDI strategy look like?An increasingly challenging global economic environment calls for an evidence-based discussion of the next stage of the UK’s strategy for the attraction and retention of Foreign Direct Investment to fast-track sustainable growth and productivity....more1h 34minPlay
February 12, 2024The shortcut - how machines became intelligent without thinking in a human wayCurrent media coverage of AI seems to assume that it has just suddenly appeared out of the blue....more1h 25minPlay
February 12, 2024Empowering the economyThe German Finance Minister talks about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners....more1h 5minPlay
February 08, 2024The revolutionary cityMark R. Beissinger provides a new understanding of how revolutions happen and what they might look like in the future....more1h 31minPlay
February 07, 2024The seaside: England's love affairHow can resorts, with their wealth of cultural heritage, forge a new future?...more1h 29minPlay
February 06, 2024Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class? | Extra iQThis episode of LSE Extra iQ asks, 'Why do so many people mistakenly think they are working class?'....more10minPlay
February 06, 2024The Oceans Treaty as a win for multilateralism: what lies aheadSpeakers address what was achieved in these negotiations, how the Treaty speaks to global justice, equity, and climate change and what happens next in terms of ratification and entry into force of the Treaty....more1h 38minPlay
February 05, 2024LSE: The Ballpark | The Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel SlaveryIn 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to the authors of the Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, which estimates reparations for harms from enslavement, including to those who were enslaved and to their descendants....more40minPlay
February 05, 2024The perils of Saudi nationalismIn Saudi Arabia, the project of nation-building was troubled from its first days as the Al-Saud rulers struggled to construct a nation out of the fragments....more1h 30minPlay
FAQs about The Ballpark:How many episodes does The Ballpark have?The podcast currently has 5,860 episodes available.