The Ballpark

By LSE Film and Audio Team

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

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The podcast currently has 5,855 episodes available.

The Ballpark episodes:

June 21, 2022 Old and New Challenges for Central Banking in West Africa
To mark the Bank of Ghana’s 65th anniversary, panellists address previous and emerging challenges for central banking in West Africa.
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1h 44min
June 18, 2022 Go Big: how can all of us play a part in making change happen?
A better world is possible; the solutions are out there. We can all make a difference. We just need to know where to look - and have the courage to think big.
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1h 4min
June 18, 2022 Revising History: why does it matter how we talk about empire?
The toppling of Bristol's Edward Colston statue in 2020 reminded the media that our colonial history and how it is taught, talked about and represented has an impact.
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52min
June 18, 2022 The Future of the United Nations
Is the United Nations still able to perform its intended role as forum for global deliberation, negotiation, and policymaking?
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1h 7min
June 18, 2022 Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience
To be sentient is to have positive or negative experiences, such as experiences of pain, pleasure, comfort, warmth, hunger, anxiety or joy. Humans are sentient, but are we alone?
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1h 1min
June 18, 2022 Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Challenges of Wealth Inequality
Recent decades have seen spiralling fortunes of the super-rich across the globe, and the UK is a major hub for high earners.
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1h 5min
June 18, 2022 The Age of Refugees
The uprooting of refugees from Ukraine reflects the latest phase in the ongoing and intensified age of forced migration.
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1h 3min
June 18, 2022 Trauma, Inequality and Healing from COVID-19: film screening and conversation
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing forms of structural racism and inequality, and generated new social divides.
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59min
June 17, 2022 How to Move On
How can people move on from conflict and trauma, and overcome seemingly unbridgeable divides or intractable circumstances?
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1h 8min
June 17, 2022 Can Trade Shape Africa's Post-COVID Recovery?
The pandemic’s impact on global trade has significantly harmed Africa’s economies and development. Could historic changes to the way African trade operates drive its recovery?
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1h 4min

FAQs about The Ballpark:

How many episodes does The Ballpark have?

The podcast currently has 5,855 episodes available.