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| LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:35:19 | |
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 | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025 | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:43:44 | |
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. | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: American Resistance and the 2020 Election: Prof. Dana Fisher Interview | 15 Oct 2020 | 00:28:47 | |
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. | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | The US and India–Pakistan tensions with Lisa Curtis | 18 Jun 2025 | 00:34:30 | |
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. | |||
| Coming Soon: The Politics of Race in American Film – with Dr. Clive James Nwonka | 05 Oct 2020 | 00:07:18 | |
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. | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Trolls and the 2016 Election: Professor Kathleen Jamieson interview | 31 Jul 2020 | 00:33:43 | |
The LSE US Centre’s Chris Gilson is joined for this Extra Inning by Professor Kathleen Jamieson. | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Black Republicans, Power and the Reagan Administration: Prof Leah Wright Rigueur interview | 23 Jun 2020 | 00:26:39 | |
In this Extra Inning, Ballpark co-host Michaela Herrmann is joined by Professor Leah Wright Rigueur | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Hackers, Trolls & #DemocracyRIP: Prof Kathleen Jamieson event | 23 Jun 2020 | 01:26:25 | |
On the 27th of February 2020, the LSE US Centre hosted Professor Kathleen Jamieson for the event Russian Hackers, Trolls and #DemocracyRIP. | |||
| The Ballpark | S4 E1: Kentucky: Realigning, Republican, Religious, and Rural | 05 Mar 2020 | 00:25:52 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Anne Cizmar | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | International Relations and Democracy in a Multipolar World | 03 Jun 2025 | 00:34:28 | |
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. | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism in the US, with Professor Theda Skocpol | 07 Feb 2020 | 01:40:05 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Theda Skocpol | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future, an interview with Joseph Sternberg | 07 Feb 2020 | 00:28:41 | |
Contributor(s): Joseph C. Sternberg | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Millennial Economics Will Shake Up US Politics, a public event with Joseph Sternberg | 31 Jan 2020 | 01:24:59 | |
Contributor(s): Joseph C. Sternberg | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: New York City's Planning Challenges for 2020 and Beyond, an interview with Marisa Lago | 23 Jan 2020 | 00:27:36 | |
Contributor(s): Marisa Lago | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Why American foreign policy since the Cold War has been a failure, an interview with Professor Stephen Walt | 23 Jan 2020 | 00:25:32 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Stephen M Walt | |||
| The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism in the US, an interview with Professor Theda Skocpol | 12 Dec 2019 | 00:20:33 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Theda Skocpol | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | AI and intellectual property with Dr Bhamati Viswanathan | 21 May 2025 | 00:38:09 | |
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. | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:26:30 | |
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”? | |||
| Extra Innings: The Dangers of Brexit for the Special Relationship with Senator Chris Murphy | 04 Apr 2019 | 01:32:45 | |
Contributor(s): Chris Murphy, US Senator for Connecticut | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | The state of American democracy with Professor Michael Latner | 05 May 2025 | 00:34:28 | |
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 | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | The Origins of the US-China Chip War with Dr John Minnich | 14 Apr 2025 | 00:46:34 | |
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. | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:45:08 | |
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. | |||
| Season 3, Episode 7: Politics and Policing in New Jersey | 19 Feb 2019 | 00:51:28 | |
Contributor(s): Ashley Koning, Joe Miller, Scott Thompson | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | Cultivating Democracy with Professor Mukulika Banerjee | 04 Apr 2025 | 00:37:35 | |
In February 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to Mukulika Banerjee, Professor in LSE’s Department of Anthropology. | |||
| Extra Inning: Lessons from History & the Future of International Trade with Doug Irwin and Jeff Frieden | 23 Jan 2019 | 00:42:28 | |
Contributor(s): Jeff Frieden, Doug Irwin | |||
| Extra Innings: What the US-North Korea summit may have in store, with Professor Stephan Haggard | 23 Jan 2019 | 00:14:27 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Stephan Haggard, Susan Strange | |||
| Season 3 Episode 6: Polarization and deindustrialization in the Badger State | 23 Jan 2019 | 00:35:37 | |
Contributor(s): Amy Goldstein, Wendy Scattergood | |||
| Extra Innings: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump with Joe Uscinski | 07 Jan 2019 | 01:30:09 | |
Contributor(s): Joe Uscinski, Ros Taylor | |||
| Season 3, Episode 5: Missouri | 07 Jan 2019 | 00:30:52 | |
Contributor(s): Robynn Kuhlmann, Samantha Pettey | |||
| Extra Innings: How Great Powers Transition: A Conversation with Dr. Kori Schake | 19 Nov 2018 | 00:25:19 | |
Contributor(s): Dr Kori Schake | |||
| Season 3, Episode 4: The Lone Star State You Don't Know | 05 Nov 2018 | 00:30:29 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Peter Trubowitz, Lawrence Wright, Heather Evans | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:29:33 | |
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 order. | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic stability with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:35:01 | |
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has brought the spectre of potential nuclear conflict back into the public consciousness for the first time in decades. | |||
| Season 3, Episode 3: Healthcare politics and policy in Tennessee | 21 Sep 2018 | 00:36:46 | |
Contributor(s): Jason Burchard, Amanda Wintersieck, and Andy Schneider, Denise Baron and Sarah Scaffidi | |||
| Season 3, Episode 2: Arizona: Immigration politics in the Grand Canyon State | 09 Jul 2018 | 00:29:27 | |
Contributor(s): Susannah Crockford, Antonia Noori Farzan, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | |||
| Season 3, Episode 1: State of the States: Textbooks in Texas and Cars in California | 04 Jun 2018 | 00:30:38 | |
Contributor(s): Chris Bonneau, Kris Kanthak, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the far-right with Dr Rachel Blum | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:37:31 | |
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 . | |||
| Season 2, Episode 9: What can be done about fake news? | 08 Jan 2018 | 00:36:46 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Charlie Beckett, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann, Dr Denise Baron | |||
| Season 2, Episode 8: Where did the opioid epidemic come from? | 17 Nov 2017 | 00:35:45 | |
Contributor(s): John Collins, Alex Soderholm, Sophie Donszelman and Denise Baron | |||
| LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations under the new Trump administration with Professor Minxin Pei | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:33:00 | |
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. | |||
| Season 2, Episode 7: The Rural-Urban Divide | 12 Oct 2017 | 00:36:32 | |
Contributor(s): Kathy Cramer, Tory Mallett, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | |||
| Season 2, Episode 6: Racism towards Latinos: Past, present, and future | 09 Oct 2017 | 00:34:37 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Neil Foley, Susannah Crockford, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann | |||
| Extra Innings: The Politics of Resentment in the 2016 US Presidential Election | 25 Aug 2017 | 00:48:14 | |
Contributor(s): Kathy Cramer and Denise Baron | |||
| Extra Innings: The Affluence Effect: College Socialization and Inequality in America | 18 Aug 2017 | 00:54:50 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Tali Mendelberg, Sophie Donszelmann | |||
| Extra Innings: Anxiety, Fear, and National Identity | 11 Aug 2017 | 01:02:48 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Neil Foley, Dr Denise Baron | |||
| Season 2, Episode 5: The future of American progressivism | 07 Aug 2017 | 00:39:21 | |
Contributor(s): Thomas Frank, Inge Kjemtrup, Sophie Donszelmann, Dr Denise Baron | |||
| Season 2, Episode 4: The Changing Face of American Conservatism | 03 Jul 2017 | 00:27:28 | |
Contributor(s): Yuval Levin, Alex Sundstrom, Dr Denise Baron, Chris Gilson | |||
| Season 2, Episode 3: Trumpian Foreign Policy | 02 Jun 2017 | 00:34:30 | |
Contributor(s): Professor Charles Kupchan, Emmanuelle Blanc, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron | |||
| Season 2, Episode 2: Do state governments even matter? | 28 Apr 2017 | 00:31:15 | |
Contributor(s): Jamie Monogan, Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann | |||
| Season 2, Episode 1: Populism and the new political spectrum | 30 Mar 2017 | 00:29:40 | |
Contributor(s): Chris Gilson, Dr Denise Baron, Professor Eric Kaufmann, Dr Brian Klaas | |||
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