The Ballpark
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Description
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 closely into what's going on behind the headlines.
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy | To talk about the current state of US-China relations, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies | 1 2 2026 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025 | In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with a prompt about AI. In this episode we spoke to the author of the winning essay, Kayode Adeniyi, and the runners-up, Natasha Chávez and Francesca Nicolodi. | 18 1 2026 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson | The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in previously prosperous industrial regions. How and why did this happen, and what can be done to help workers in these “left-behind places” | 4 1 2026 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox | This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United States, from philanthropic support in the School's early days to famous alumni and American directors. | 21 12 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan | Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has renewed his “America First” agenda by pursing a transactional approach to diplomacy and a desire to limit the US’ involvement overseas. This in turn is remoulding the global orde | 14 12 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and deepfakes with Dr Gili Vidan | In the last decade or so, the the public have become aware of “deepfakes”, computer or AI generated fake images. The spread of deepfakes raises questions about truth and authenticity online – can we still trust what we see on screen? | 30 11 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Autocracy 2.0: How China’s Rise Reinvented Tyranny with Dr Jennifer Lind | The last three decades have seen China’s economic rise. Alongside this, China has become much more influential on the global stage, emerging as a competitor to the United States in many arenas, including as a technology and innovation leader. | 16 11 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic competition with Professor Evan Medeiros | In August 2025, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held its 25th annual summit in Tianjin, China. The absence of the United States in this gathering may tell us about how China is competing with the US and building its own global order. | 2 11 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI, social media, and political disinformation with Dr Josephine Lukito | To talk about social media and politics, and how AI can help spread – or tackle – disinformation, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Josephine Lukito, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism and Media. | 19 10 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Take our Ballpark podcast survey and you could win £250 in vouchers! | Ahead of our 10 year anniversary in 2026, and after more than 140 episodes speaking to academic experts on topics from across the social sciences, we'd like to find out what you think about the podcast with a listener survey. | 12 10 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and the workplace with Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa | AI is now increasingly playing a role in many parts of our lives, and the workplace is no exception. AI is now being used by employers to help them to recruit new staff and by jobseekers in their applications. | 5 10 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Who is liable for AI? With Dr Anat Lior | AI has legal consequences. Who is responsible when AI makes a mistake which causes harm or financial loss? What role does government regulation play, and do we need to revise our legal frameworks in the face of increasingly capable AI? | 21 9 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI automation and the workforce with Dr Baobao Zhang | With the growth of the capability of artificial intelligence (AI), there is growing concern that this technology could make millions of jobs – and their workers – obsolete. | 7 9 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Might unmakes right with Professor Oona Hathaway | In an article in the July/August edition of Foreign Affairs magazine, “Might Unmakes Right: | 24 8 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US’ changing relationship with NATO and Europe with Dr Celeste Wallander | In an article in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, “Beware the Europe You Wish For, The Downsides and Dangers of Allied Independence”, | 10 8 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with Professor Kimberley S. Johnson | In July 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Kimberley S. Johnson about the recent history of the US administrative state and racial representation in the US government and administration | 5 8 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Deemphasizing Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear Deterrence with Dr Lauren Sukin | In response to what the US sees as potential growing threats from China and North Korea, nuclear weapons are becoming a more and more important part of US alliance commitments and partnerships in East Asia | 13 7 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US-China AI race with Professor Angela Zhang | In January 2025, the release of a new model and chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, DeepSeek, sent shockwaves through the tech industry in the US and elsewhere. | 29 6 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US and India–Pakistan tensions with Lisa Curtis | On the May 7th, 2025, India launched missile strikes on Pakistan in response to a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on April 22nd. | 17 6 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | International Relations and Democracy in a Multipolar World | The US-led international order is under strain from without and within. Authoritarian powers such as Russia and China are challenging the core tenets of global cooperation and conflict management. | 2 6 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and intellectual property with Dr Bhamati Viswanathan | Many institutions are now using artificial intelligence (AI) models as tools to think about solutions to a variety of challenges, from the everyday to the global. | 20 5 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The state of American democracy with Professor Michael Latner | The Phelan US Centre spoke to Michael Latner, Professor of Political Science at California Polytechnic State University and Director of Research on Democratic Reform at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School | 4 5 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Origins of the US-China Chip War with Dr John Minnich | In March 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to John Minnich, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at LSE about why semiconductors are so important in the global economy. | 13 4 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Cultivating Democracy with Professor Mukulika Banerjee | In February 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to Mukulika Banerjee, Professor in LSE’s Department of Anthropology. | 3 4 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic stability with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus | The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has brought the spectre of potential nuclear conflict back into the public consciousness for the first time in decades. | 23 3 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the far-right with Dr Rachel Blum | Donald Trump’s links to the right, including the far right and the alt-right date back to least to his 2016 presidential campaign and continued through his first term and then into his 2024 election campaign . | 9 3 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations under the new Trump administration with Professor Minxin Pei | President Trump has made his feelings about US competition with China plain; one of the early acts of his second presidential term has been to place tariffs on Chinese imports. | 23 2 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The international order and US-China competition with Professor Shiping Tang | In the past decade, many commentators have increasingly spoken of growing competition between the United States and China in areas like trade, industrial policy, but also on foreign policy and global influence more generally. | 9 2 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Evolution of American Chip Controls on China with Dr Douglas Fuller | In December 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke Dr Douglas Fuller, Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School. | 5 1 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China and technology export controls with Michael Mastanduno and Jennifer Lind | In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Michael Mastanduno, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, and Dr Jennifer Lind, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. | 8 12 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | America and the Asian 21st Century with Professor Kishore Mahbubani | In November 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. | 24 11 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s evolving approach to economic security with Professor Yeling Tan | In October 2024 the LSE Phelan US Centre spoke to Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. They spoke about how China understands economic security and its evolving economic strategy. | 10 11 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and elections with Professor Lawrence Lessig | In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. | 27 10 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East with Professor Fawaz Gerges | In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at LSE, about his new book, “What Really Went Wrong: The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East”. | 17 10 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The social media spiral of silence with Nick Lewis | In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nick Lewis, a PhD student in LSE’s Department of Government and a recipient of a Phelan US Centre PhD Summer Research Grant in 2022, about how social media creates bias in democratic deliberation. | 13 10 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Why America Can’t Retrench with Dr Peter Harris | In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University about his new book, Why America Can’t Retrench (And How It Might). | 29 9 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Faculty-student research collaborations with Evelyne Ong | In August 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Evelyne Ong, an undergraduate research assistant with the Phelan US Centre for the 2023-24 academic year. | 22 9 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on capitalism | In 2024, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, ““How should the United States work to shape the future of capitalism in this age of insecurity?”. | 15 9 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Industrial Policy with Professor Nathan Lane | In July 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nathan Lane, Associate Professor in Economics at Oxford University, about industrial policy in the United States and its history. | 1 9 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Black Immigrant Literacies with Professor Patriann Smith | In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Patriann Smith, professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida. | 18 8 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Gray Areas with Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield | In June 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences and Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity at Washington University in St. Louis. | 4 8 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Parliamentary America with Professor Maxwell Stearns | In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Maxwell Stearns, the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law about his new book, Parliamentary America. | 21 7 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific | In June 2024, the LSE Phelan US Centre held the conference, US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific. | 7 7 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Foreign Policy and Power with Professor Jeff Legro | In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Jeff Legro, University Professor at the University of Richmond, and Visiting Professor at the Phelan US Centre for 2023-24. | 23 6 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The media, truth, and reality with Brooke Gladstone | In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Brooke Gladstone, host and Managing Editor of WNYC’s On the Media about the US’ changing media landscape, and how we can teach the next generation to be better media consumers. | 9 6 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Bomb with Fred Kaplan | In May 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to author and journalist for Slate magazine and Phelan US Centre Visiting Senior Fellow, Fred Kaplan about his 2020 book, The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War. | 27 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade | LSE Phelan US Centre Event | How did China—the world’s largest communist nation—converge with global capitalism? And when did this occur? | 23 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Will the US remain the world’s superpower? | The idea of an America in decline has gained traction in recent years and has, of course, been capitalized on by President Trump. Is America’s ‘greatness’ under threat? | 14 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order with Professor John Owen | In 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor John Owen, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of | 12 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade with Dr Elizabeth Ingleson | In April 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Elizabeth Ingleson, Assistant Professor in the Department of International History and Centre Affiliate, about her new book, Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade. | 2 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace with Professor Elizabeth Saunders | In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Elizabeth Saunders, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University about her new book, ‘The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace’ and the role of elites in US foreign policymaki | 28 4 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy with Professor Jennifer Carlson | In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jennifer Carlson of Arizona State University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow, about her new book, Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy. | 14 4 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Latino Voters in the United States with Professor Jason Casellas | In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about how the role of Latino voters in the United States and their changing voting patterns. They also discuss how Latino voters might influence the 2024 presidential election. | 31 3 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel | In February 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne about transatlantic convergence between the EU and the United States on China policy. They also discu | 17 3 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Super Tuesday 2024 results with Professor Jason Casellas | On March 6th, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about the Super Tuesday results, the primary race so far, and what the trends may mean for the general election in November. | 6 3 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Limits of Presidential Power with Professor Andrew Rudalevige | In January 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Andrew Rudalevige about the separation of powers in US government and the executive branch, and former President Trump’s potential plans to reshape the federal bureaucracy. | 3 3 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy with Dr Jordan Tama | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Jordan Tama, Provost Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service about his new book, Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy: Cooperation in a Polarized Age. | 18 2 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery | In 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. | 4 2 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis | In January 2024, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Ashley Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about how the US has engaged with China economically in recent decades. | 21 1 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Why China Hawks are Wrong with Professor William Wohlforth | In 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, about the United States’ role as the world’s unipolar power. | 16 1 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Rust Belt Union Blues with Professor Theda Skocpol | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. | 3 1 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on climate change | In 2023, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, “What responsibility does the US have to the rest of the world on climate change?”. In this Extra Inning, we speak to the author of the winning essay, Os | 10 12 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Religion over Race with Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso and Dr Tabitha Bonilla | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University and Dr Tabitha Bonilla, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, about their recent article Religion or Race? Using Intersectionality to | 28 11 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | In Quest of a Shared Planet with Dr Naveeda Khan | In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Naveeda Khan, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University about her new book, In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South, the role that UN Climate Ch | 12 11 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Keynote Address: Rethinking Market Capitalism: Innovation and the Path to Shared Prosperity with Professor Daron Acemoglu | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted the Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecurity Conference. Bringing together leading scholars and analysts, the conference examined the effects of | 26 10 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 1 on Globalisation and the Return of Geopolitics | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted the Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecurity Conference. Bringing together leading scholars and analysts, the conference examined the effects of | 26 10 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 2 on Populism and Democratic Capitalism | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted the Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecurity Conference. Bringing together leading scholars and analysts, the conference examined the effects of | 26 10 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 3 on Global Governance in an Era of Anti-Globalism | On the 20th and 21st of October 2023, the London School of Economics' Phelan United States Centre hosted the Future of Capitalism in an Age of Insecurity Conference. Bringing together leading scholars and analysts, the conference examined the effects of | 26 10 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Birth Lottery of History with Professor Robert Sampson | In June 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke with Robert J. Sampson the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University about his new study, The Birth Lottery of History. This study followed over 1,000 Americans over 23 years and l | 8 10 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Kennedy Withdrawal with Professor Marc Selverstone | In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Marc Selverstone, Associate Professor in Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Centre of Public Affairs, and chair of the Miller Center's Presidential | 27 8 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries with Professor Pranab Bardhan | In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. In this Extra Inning podcast, they discussed the argument put forward in Professor Bardha | 20 8 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 6: The Future of Climate Change Politics in America | This episode examines current trends in American politics in implementing policies to address climate change. Dr Bromley-Trujillo (Christopher Newport University) and environmental journalist Beth Gardiner (author of Choked Life and Breath in the Age of | 13 8 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Geopolitics and Democracy with Brian Burgoon and Peter Trubowitz | In May 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Brian Burgoon, Professor of International and Comparative Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, and Peter Trubowitz, Professor of Internationa | 24 7 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 5: The Cost of Climate Change in America | Professor Rebecca Elliot (LSE) and Professor in Practice Swenja Surminski (LSE Grantham) discuss how climate change and climate related hazards disproportionately affect those from low-income backgrounds in the US and globally. | 20 7 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 4: Climate Change and Race | In this episode we look at the different experiences of climate change in the United States from a racial perspective. We are joined by Centennial Professor Laura Pulido (LSE Department of Geography and Environment and Phelan US Centre) and Jeremy Willi | 29 6 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The defining global challenges of the coming decades with the Lloyd George Study Group | We live in turbulent times. Globalized challenges like climate change, pandemics, migration, and supply chain disruptions are rising in urgency. With these and other challenges in mind, in June 2023, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service a | 25 6 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Confederate Diaspora with Professor Samuel Bazzi | In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Samuel Bazzi, of the University of California, San Diego, about his new research on The Confederate Diaspora. | 11 6 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Rise and Fall of the EAST with Professor Yasheng Huang | In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of global economics and management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management about his new book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST. | 1 6 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Waning Globalisation with Professor Pinelopi Goldberg | The Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics and Global Affairs and Affiliate of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University about her new book, The Unequal Effects of Globalization. | 24 5 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 3: Conflict and Security | This episode examines the intersection between climate change and global security. | 17 5 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 2: Migration and Forced Movement | In this episode, we examine the interaction of climate change with migration. | 11 5 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 1: Climate Change and Global Responsibility | What is the US’ role in the climate crisis, and can a climate change framework exist without addressing climate change reparations and the different experiences of climate change across the globe? | 3 5 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Coming Soon – Climate Change: America and the World | Climate Change: America and the World is an upcoming six-part podcast series by the London School of Economics’ Phelan US Centre. | 20 4 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Beijing's Global Media Offensive with Joshua Kurlantzick | In February 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations about his new book, Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign To Influence Asia and the World. | 2 4 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise with Professor Susan Shirk | In January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego about her new book, Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise. | 19 3 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration with Dr Tasseli McKay | In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Dr Tasseli McKay, National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at Duke University. | 8 3 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Glenn Loury on Identity Politics and Race in America | In May 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, on the role of identity politics in the United States. In their discussio | 27 2 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on China and the International Order | In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University, about China and the future of the international order. They also discussed President Biden’s | 19 2 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Belt and Road with Professor Taylor Fravel | In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Taylor Fravel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about China’s Belt and Road Initiative. They discussed the history and recent developments of the Bel | 12 2 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relations | On 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged i | 5 2 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Lessons from the Edge with Marie Yovanovitch | On 25 January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke with Marie Yovanovitch, the United States’ Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019, about US-Ukraine relations, resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and European security. | 29 1 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | England's Cross of Gold with Professor James Morrison | In June 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Centre Affiliate Professor James Morrison about his new book, England's Cross of Gold Keynes, Churchill, and the Governance of Economic Beliefs. | 22 1 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Mary Kaldor on Long-term Solutions to the War in Ukraine | Mary Kaldor is Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at The London School of Economics and Political Science | 15 1 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Finding Success as a Phelan US Centre Undergraduate Research Assistant, with Karen Torres | The Phelan US Centre’s Joss Harrison speaks to Karen Torres about her experience as an undergraduate research assistant (UGRA) with Dr John Collins at the US Centre in 2019-20, and how this has influenced her academic and career plans. | 25 9 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Everyone wins: Student-faculty collaborations in the Phelan US Centre's Undergraduate Research Assistant programme, with Professor James Morrison | In June 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Professor James Morrison about his experience as a faculty lead working on research projects with undergraduates as part of the US Centre’s undergraduate research assistant (UGRA) programme. | 22 9 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Ayse Zarakol on the future of Liberal Internationalism and the War in Ukraine | On 9 June 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Ayse Zarakol of the University of Cambridge about the state of the Liberal International Order following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. | 18 9 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Charles Kupchan on American Isolationism and the Future of the Liberal World Order | On 9 June 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations and Georgetown University about the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the Liberal World Order. | 11 9 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Dr Fiona Hill on Putin, the War in Ukraine, and the Future of European Security | Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik speak to Dr Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 | 16 8 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | S4 E3: New York: Education Inequality in the Empire State | In this episode of the Ballpark, we head to New York to learn more about the Empire State. We look at the 'city that never sleeps', and the rest of the state, which is one that many of us may actually know very little about. | 1 3 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | S4 E2: California: Environmental Policy in the Golden State | For this episode of The Ballpark, we head to California to take an in-depth look at the Golden State’s considerable economic power and what that means for its ability to influence environmental policy nationwide. | 18 1 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How UK Think Tanks influence US policymaking, with Professor Michael Cox | On July 21st, 2021, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Professor Michael Cox of LSE IDEAS about his new article in the journal, International Politics, “What do Think Tanks do? Chatham House in search of the United States. | 12 10 2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Four Threats to American Democracy with Profs Lieberman and Mettler | On 15 February 2021, The US Centre’s Chris Gilson speaks to Professor Robert Lieberman and Professor Suzanne Mettler about their recent book, ‘Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy’. | 18 5 2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: American Resistance and the 2020 Election: Prof. Dana Fisher Interview | On the 6th of October, 2020 Ballpark host Chris Gilson spoke with Professor Dana Fisher about her new book American Resistance: From the Women's March to the Blue Wave. | 14 10 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Coming Soon: The Politics of Race in American Film – with Dr. Clive James Nwonka | In this special episode of the Ballpark we’re giving you a preview of our upcoming new podcast series, The Politics of Race in American Film. | 4 10 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Trolls and the 2016 Election: Professor Kathleen Jamieson interview | The LSE US Centre’s Chris Gilson is joined for this Extra Inning by Professor Kathleen Jamieson. | 30 7 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Black Republicans, Power and the Reagan Administration: Prof Leah Wright Rigueur interview | In this Extra Inning, Ballpark co-host Michaela Herrmann is joined by Professor Leah Wright Rigueur | 22 6 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Hackers, Trolls & #DemocracyRIP: Prof Kathleen Jamieson event | On the 27th of February 2020, the LSE US Centre hosted Professor Kathleen Jamieson for the event Russian Hackers, Trolls and #DemocracyRIP. | 22 6 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | S4 E1: Kentucky: Realigning, Republican, Religious, and Rural | Contributor(s): Professor Anne Cizmar | 5 3 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism in the US, with Professor Theda Skocpol | Contributor(s): Professor Theda Skocpol | 7 2 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future, an interview with Joseph Sternberg | Contributor(s): Joseph C. Sternberg | 7 2 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Millennial Economics Will Shake Up US Politics, a public event with Joseph Sternberg | Contributor(s): Joseph C. Sternberg | 31 1 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: New York City's Planning Challenges for 2020 and Beyond, an interview with Marisa Lago | Contributor(s): Marisa Lago | 23 1 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Why American foreign policy since the Cold War has been a failure, an interview with Professor Stephen Walt | Contributor(s): Professor Stephen M Walt | 23 1 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism in the US, an interview with Professor Theda Skocpol | Contributor(s): Professor Theda Skocpol | 12 12 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: The Dangers of Brexit for the Special Relationship with Senator Chris Murphy | Contributor(s): Chris Murphy, US Senator for Connecticut | 4 4 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 7: Politics and Policing in New Jersey | Contributor(s): Ashley Koning, Joe Miller, Scott Thompson | 19 2 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Inning: Lessons from History & the Future of International Trade with Doug Irwin and Jeff Frieden | Contributor(s): Jeff Frieden, Doug Irwin | 23 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: What the US-North Korea summit may have in store, with Professor Stephan Haggard | Contributor(s): Professor Stephan Haggard, Susan Strange | 23 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3 Episode 6: Polarization and deindustrialization in the Badger State | Contributor(s): Amy Goldstein, Wendy Scattergood | 23 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump with Joe Uscinski | Contributor(s): Joe Uscinski, Ros Taylor | 7 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 5: Missouri | Contributor(s): Robynn Kuhlmann, Samantha Pettey | 7 1 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: How Great Powers Transition: A Conversation with Dr. Kori Schake | Contributor(s): Dr Kori Schake | 19 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 4: The Lone Star State You Don't Know | Contributor(s): Professor Peter Trubowitz, Lawrence Wright, Heather Evans | 5 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 3: Healthcare politics and policy in Tennessee | Contributor(s): Jason Burchard, Amanda Wintersieck, and Andy Schneider, Denise Baron and Sarah Scaffidi | 21 9 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 2: Arizona: Immigration politics in the Grand Canyon State | Contributor(s): Susannah Crockford, Antonia Noori Farzan, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | 9 7 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 3, Episode 1: State of the States: Textbooks in Texas and Cars in California | Contributor(s): Chris Bonneau, Kris Kanthak, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | 4 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 9: What can be done about fake news? | Contributor(s): Professor Charlie Beckett, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann, Dr Denise Baron | 8 1 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 8: Where did the opioid epidemic come from? | Contributor(s): John Collins, Alex Soderholm, Sophie Donszelman and Denise Baron | 17 11 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 7: The Rural-Urban Divide | Contributor(s): Kathy Cramer, Tory Mallett, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | 12 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 6: Racism towards Latinos: Past, present, and future | Contributor(s): Professor Neil Foley, Susannah Crockford, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann | 9 10 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: The Politics of Resentment in the 2016 US Presidential Election | Contributor(s): Kathy Cramer and Denise Baron | 25 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: The Affluence Effect: College Socialization and Inequality in America | Contributor(s): Professor Tali Mendelberg, Sophie Donszelmann | 18 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Anxiety, Fear, and National Identity | Contributor(s): Professor Neil Foley, Dr Denise Baron | 11 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 5: The future of American progressivism | Contributor(s): Thomas Frank, Inge Kjemtrup, Sophie Donszelmann, Dr Denise Baron | 7 8 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 4: The Changing Face of American Conservatism | Contributor(s): Yuval Levin, Alex Sundstrom, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | 3 7 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 3: Trumpian Foreign Policy | Contributor(s): Professor Charles Kupchan, Emmanuelle Blanc, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | 2 6 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 2: Do state governments even matter? | Contributor(s): Jamie Monogan, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann | 28 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2, Episode 1: Populism and the new political spectrum | Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron, Professor Eric Kaufmann, Dr Brian Klaas | 30 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Season 2 | The Ballpark | Back at Bat | Contributor(s): Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann, Chris Gilson | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 9: The LSE and USA | Contributor(s): Professor Mick Cox, Marcia Balisciano, Gavin Baird, Professor Peter Trubowitz | 9 1 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: The Yanks Are Coming! A lecture from Professor Mick Cox | Contributor(s): Professor Mick Cox | 12 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: 2016 US Election Preview | Contributor(s): Professor Peter Trubowitz, Sophie Donszelmann, Dr Denise Baron | 7 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark needs your help! | Contributor(s): | 10 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Conspiracy theories and Donald Trump | Contributor(s): Joe Uscinski | 28 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 8: America's contentious and complicated criminal justice system | Contributor(s): Nicola Lacey and Michal McQuarrie | 16 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Has Obama been a transformative president? | Contributor(s): Professor Jeffrey Tulis | 24 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Everything you wanted to know about Brexit but were too afraid to ask | Contributor(s): Dr Sara Hagemann, Tim Oliver, Professor Tony Travers, CBE | 1 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 7: Federalism, the longest lasting debate in America | Contributor(s): Professor Waltraud Schelkle, Sierra Smucker, Chris Parkes, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | 25 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Gun Violence and Politics in the US | Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Sierra Smucker, Sasha Milonova, Dr Denise Baron | 1 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 6: Place Matters | Contributor(s): Jonathan Rodden and Margaret Weir | 23 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 5: What's a political poll got to do with it? | Contributor(s): Dr Daniel Laurison, Larry Jacobs, Jamie Weinstein, Lauren Maffeo | 1 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Monetary policy and more with Jeff Frieden | Contributor(s): Jeff Frieden, Professor of Government at Harvard University Chris Gilson, host | 18 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 4: The Almighty Dollar | Contributor(s): Jeff Frieden, Chris Parkes | 12 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Extra Innings: Why the Ballpark? | Contributor(s): Dr Derek Valles, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | 5 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 3: Power, Person, People: US Foreign Policy | Contributor(s): Nick Kitchen, Xenia Wickett, Dr Lloyd Gruber, Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann, Chris Gilson | 25 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Ballpark Extra Innings: Erich McElroy’s Imperfect Guide to the US Presidential Debates | Contributor(s): Erich McElroy, Josie Long, Robyn Perkins, Ola | 24 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 2: This is not a hot take | Contributor(s): Dr Mona Morgan-Collins, James Snyder, Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann and Chris Gilson | 18 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Episode 1: The strongest economy for who? | Contributor(s): Jeff Clemens, Michael Amior, Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann, Chris Gilson | 3 3 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Welcome to The Ballpark | Contributor(s): Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann, Chris Gilson | 25 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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