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LSE Film and Audio Team
The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.
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Jun 20, 2025 • 1h 1min
The future of US-China relations
Navigating the US-China relationship will be one of the great challenges of our time. It will impact everything from geopolitics to global growth to technological innovation.

Jun 20, 2025 • 60min
Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress
The panel explore how we can identify cost-effective policies to improve societal wellbeing — and why it will be key to shaping the future of the UK and beyond.

Jun 20, 2025 • 55min
Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim
Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer of Google DeepMind, is shaping the company's strategic operations and partnerships to drive innovation and impact.

Jun 19, 2025 • 56min
Are universities still relevant?
Is a university education still worth the investment of rising tuition fees and time spent studying towards a degree rather than gaining valuable work experience?

Jun 19, 2025 • 54min
Reimagining the way we work
As the world of work evolves, so do our expectations, values, and definitions of success. How can we adapt to new ways of working while staying connected to purpose and meaning?

Jun 19, 2025 • 1h 4min
Visions for the future with Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci, LSE alumnus and American financier and broadcaster, who briefly served as the White House Director of Communications, joins LSE's President Larry Kramer for a conversation about his visions for the future.

Jun 18, 2025 • 59min
Breaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technology
New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few.

Jun 18, 2025 • 58min
Green, just, and healthy: what do young Londoners want for the future of their neighbourhoods?
At a time of eco-anxiety, climate scepticism, and widespread disillusionment with formal political institutions, how do diverse young Londoners connect with climate politics at a local level?

Jun 18, 2025 • 1h 3min
Visions for the future with Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu, LSE alumnus and co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, whose work has provided new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations, will be in conversation with LSE's President Larry Kramer

Jun 17, 2025 • 1h 1min
Data for development
Data plays a crucial role in designing effective development policies, yet its availability and use in low- and middle-income countries remain inconsistent.


