29 Best LSE Podcasts (London School of Economics)

1. LSE: Public lectures and events

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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.MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Carl Benedikt Frey, William Dalrymple +14 more
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 971Facebook 804.4KTwitter 55.8KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. LSE IQ podcast

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LSE IQ is a monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science in which we ask some of the smartest social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. #LSEIQMORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 169Facebook 804.4KTwitter 136.1KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact

3. LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts

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Welcome to the LSE Middle East Centre's podcast feed.The MEC builds on LSE's long engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE.Follow us and keep up to date with our latest event podcasts and interviews!MORE Producer/Network LSE Middle East Centre
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 39Facebook 12.2KTwitter 26.4KInstagram 3.2K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. LSE: The Ballpark

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The Ballpark is the LSE Phelan 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.MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 17Facebook 804.4KTwitter 291Instagram 594.1K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2016 Get Email Contact

5. the talktank

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You've reached the talktank - the official podcast of the LSE Entrepreneurs Society. We delve into the minds of those who think, live, and breathe outside the box, by interviewing thought-leaders about their work, experiences and stories they've collected along the way. Through our four series called 'Beyond Profit', 'Artistpreneurs', 'Unwrapped' and 'Bits and Bytes' we explore diverse areas including social entrepreneurship, the creative arts and technology. Our aim is to expose our audience to diverse perspectives and inspire the next generation of change-makers.MORE Producer/Network LSE SU Entrepreneurs
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. LSE Focal Point Podcast

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The Focal Point Podcast, founded in 2020 by Daniel Tamary MacLeod with special mention to Seongyun Hong, is the official podcast of the LSESU Business and Investment Group. Weekly episodes featuring industry-changing leaders from across the professional landscape are uploaded to provide exclusive insights and enhance commercial awareness. To find more and summaries of our episodes, visit our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lse-focal-point!MORE Producer/Network LSESU Business and Investment Group
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Paul Moody, Jan Olsson +5 more
Apple Reviews 13 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. The Beverage Report Podcast

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This year Jacinta Feng and Urvi Gaur (third year Economics students) are leading a team of nine students who share the same goal and passion - bringing forward intellectually-stimulating conversations with economists from the top of their fields, from within LSE and beyond.What sets The Beverage Report apart? Dive into discussions with economists at the frontier of research worldwide, exploring their research, gaining insights, and walking alongside them on their unique academic journeys. Tune in now to elevate your understanding of economics with firsthand wisdom from the best in the game!MORE Hosts Matthew Bradbury, Aditi Vittal, Szilvia Rosental
Producer/Network LSE Department of Economics
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 804.4KTwitter 136.1KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Instant Coffee

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This is Instant Coffee, your quick fix of everything Middle East. This podcast, brought to you by the LSE Middle East Centre, features 20-minute conversations with activists, artists, journalists and more from the region.MORE Producer/Network LSE Middle East Centre
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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These podcasts are recordings from the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice lecture series 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22 and 2020/21, a visiting lecture series coordinated by Professor of Development Studies, Professor James Putzel and Dr Laura Mann. The Cutting Edge series provides students and guests with fascinating insights into the practical world of international development. Renowned guest lecturers share their expertise and invite discussion on an exciting range of issues, from climate change policy, to pressing humanitarian crises...MORE Host Dr Laura Mann
Producer/Network LSE Department of International Development
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Twitter 13.5KInstagram 7.8K Avg Length 109 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

10. The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast

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Our podcast aims to generate easily accessible and engaging academic discussions on innovation and diffusion. We interview the leading thinkers around the world on new technologies and the way they change our world and economy. Hosts: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)The Economic and Social Research Council funds this podcast through the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) at LSE.MORE Producer/Network The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Philippe Aghion, Nick Bloom +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Grimshaw Podcasts

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Welcome to the LSE Grimshaw Club's podcasts! In our bimonthly episodes, host Carola Ducco and other Grimshaw Club members discuss careers and research in international relations. In Grimshaw Speakers, our longstanding series, we are joined by practitioners in IR, who tell us about their journey and career tips. In Grimshaw Spotlight, we chat to PhD students, fellows and professors at the LSE and beyond, and learn about their ongoing research and the future of IR. Find us on Instagram @grimshawmedia and at @grimshawlse !MORE Producer/Network Grimshaw Club
Recent Guest Ramón Pacheco Pardo
Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Ratio

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A podcast from LSE Law bringing together academic voices and experts to consider the legal questions of today.
Producer/Network LSE Law School
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Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Financing a Sustainable Future

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The Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF) was established as part of the LSE Global School of Sustainability to apply academic rigour to the study of the incentives the private sector has to finance a sustainable future.In this podcast, Dr Tom Gosling, Professor in Practice in LSE, talks to academics about their research in a way accessible to practitioners and the general public.To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance, visit https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isfMORE Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Public Sphere: Journal of Public Policy

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Welcome to the official podcast of the LSE School of Public Policy's student-led Public Sphere Journal (PSJ). We are a bunch of students, troubled with questions, armed with microphones, and blessed with motivation. Join us as we break down complex contemporary problems of international governance into tangible policy solutions.MORE Email ****@lse.ac.uk
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15. Impact Careers with Carlos Miranda

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Impact Careers is a live conversation series from the Marshall Institute at LSE , hosted by social entrepreneur Carlos Miranda . In each episode, we speak with professionals who have carved out meaningful, purpose-led careers across sectors - from global nonprofits and corporate sustainability to philanthropy, advocacy, and social innovation. Through honest reflections and practical insights, our guests share how they've navigated career shifts, aligned their work with their values, and contributed to social impact in complex and changing environments...MORE Recent Guests Luke Nelson, Ian Chen
Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. LSE IDEAS

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Catch up with latest podcasts from LSE IDEAS. LSE IDEAS is LSE's foreign policy think tank. We connect academic knowledge of diplomacy and strategy with the people who use it.
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17. Displacement Urbanism

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Displacement Urbanism is a podcast by Dr Romola Sanyal, Associate Professor of Urban Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The series engages with a range of speakers who have both experienced being refugees as well as been involved in the management and study of refugees. We journey through different stories of how cities and refugees come to shape each other, how different actors think about the question of urbanism and displacement, and why these issues are important to one another.MORE Get Email Contact

18. LSE Review of Books

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A podcast series from the LSE Review of Books blog lsereviewofbooks.com - the podcasts give listeners the opportunity to hear prolific authors and academics discuss the ideas behind their latest books.MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 22 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

19. LSE Health Talks

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In HealthTalks, Dr Rocco Friebel explores the latest developments in health care markets around the world.Together with co-hosts Meskerem Kebede, Tom Hannah and Robin Forrest, the podcast by the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science contributes to an informed and evidence-based discussion of health policy issues for students, academics, policymakers, and anyone else with a general interest in health policy. Each episode discusses a specific, hot problem and explores multifaceted possible solutions...MORE Producer/Network LSE Department of Health Policy
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. LSE Government Department HotSeat

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'The HotSeat' is the LSE Department of Government's video and podcast series which asks leading LSE experts important questions on the key issues in politics and government. To find out more visit - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/hotseat/MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

21. Conflict Zone from the LSE

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Cutting edge research into the drivers of intractable conflict. Our researchers bring together the big ideas and concepts needed to understand the causes of organised violence in the twenty-first century. We expose the political economy of organised violence: the networks of money and power that stand behind many of the world's trouble spots.Produced by the Conflict Research Programme, an international research project funded by the UK Department of International Development.MORE Producer/Network Conflict Zone from the LSE
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Peer Schouten, Joshua Craze
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

22. Geography Island Jams

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Geography Island Jams is a podcast run jointly by the LSE Department of Geography and Environment and the LSESU Geography and Environment Society. The podcast is in a similar style to the BBC Radio 4's Desert island Discs where guests explain what eight songs, book and luxury item they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. Music produced by Tilly Mason.Artwork produced by Saskia StraubInterviewer and producer Will SteinMORE Producer/Network LSE Geography & Environment Department/Society
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2Facebook 134Twitter 136.1KInstagram 499 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Events in ID

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Welcome to the Department of International Development at LSE events podcast. Tune in for recordings from a range of events in the Department, including lectures and panel discussions on vital subjects in the world of development.The podcasts include the Great Development Dialogue from 2020, an event on development in Asia with Deepak Nayyar and a coversation around Islamic Extremism in West Africa.MORE Producer/Network LSE Department of International Development
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Apple Reviews 1Facebook 804.4KTwitter 136.1KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 88 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

24. Refugee Realities

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To help celebrate and bring awareness to Refugee Week UK 2023, we are pleased to introduce Season 3 of 'Refugee Realities', a podcast series created by students on the Forced Displacement and Refugees course in the Department of International Development. In the lead up to UK Refugee Week we'll be releasing student-recorded podcasts each day. Like the course, the topics covered are eclectic...MORE Producer/Network LSE Department of International Development
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 17.1KTwitter 27.4KInstagram 26.5K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

25. Public Authority Podcast

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The Public Authority Podcast asks how governance and humanitarianism in conflict-affected areas actually functions. Inviting experts to discuss the ways public authorities beyond state actors shape daily lives, political control and economic activity across Africa, the podcast examines aid delivery, development initiatives, localisation, access to justice and service provision. It presents original thinking about the structures necessary for, and barriers to, thriving economic, political and social life...MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Facebook 804.4KTwitter 136.1KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2021 Get Email Contact

26. Shaping the Post-COVID World

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Building on the important conversations and research being undertaken as part of LSE's COVID-19 response, the Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative convenes a debate about the direction the world could and should be taking after this crisis and what policies national and global actors should pursue.MORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Apple Reviews 2Facebook 804.4KTwitter 136.1KInstagram 594.1K Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

27. Humans of ID

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Inspired by the 'Humans of..' concept of sharing stories originated by photoblogger Brandon Stanton in New York, Humans of ID is a podcast where students in the LSE Department of International Development sit down with classmates, instructors, and alumni to learn about their stories and how they are interacting with issues in, and approaches to, development.In these informal discussions, the Career and Professional Development team engages with guests, learning about their journey in the development field and discussing some pressing contemporary issues in international development...MORE Producer/Network LSE Department of International Development
Email ****@lse.ac.uk
Recent Guest Dr. Duncan Green
Apple Reviews 1Twitter 13.5KInstagram 7.8K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Media and Communications at LSE podcasts

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A range of podcasts produced by the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Producer/Network Media and Communications at LSE
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

29. LSE Impact Talks

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Welcome to LSE Impact Talks, the first student-run podcast from LSE's Dept. of Management. In this podcast, we explore the dynamic intersection of social impact and innovation through the voices of the students at the London School of Economics and spotlight changemakers who are shaping the world for the better. Each episode of LSE Impact Talks features insightful conversations with students from diverse backgrounds, exploring their journeys and impactful projects that are addressing pressing societal challenges and driving meaningful change. Let's elevate change, one conversation at a time!MORE Producer/Network Devesh Joshi and Iñigo Brenninkmeijer
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact