The Ballpark
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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 | Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor Kathleen McNamara
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | American foreign policy in the age of Trump with Professor Walter Russell Mead
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy with Professor Ian Shapiro
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | America first and the future of Eurasian geopolitics with Dr C Raja Mohan
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | America adrift with Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations in an era of illiberalism with Dr Scott Kennedy
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and deepfakes with Dr Gili Vidan
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Autocracy 2.0: How China’s Rise Reinvented Tyranny with Dr Jennifer Lind
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic competition with Professor Evan Medeiros
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI, social media, and political disinformation with Dr Josephine Lukito
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and the workplace with Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Who is liable for AI? With Dr Anat Lior
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI automation and the workforce with Dr Baobao Zhang
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Might unmakes right with Professor Oona Hathaway
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US’ changing relationship with NATO and Europe with Dr Celeste Wallander
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with Professor Kimberley S. Johnson
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Deemphasizing Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear Deterrence with Dr Lauren Sukin
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US-China AI race with Professor Angela Zhang
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The US and India–Pakistan tensions with Lisa Curtis
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | International Relations and Democracy in a Multipolar World
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and intellectual property with Dr Bhamati Viswanathan
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May 21, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The state of American democracy with Professor Michael Latner
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May 05, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Origins of the US-China Chip War with Dr John Minnich
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Cultivating Democracy with Professor Mukulika Banerjee
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China strategic stability with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the far-right with Dr Rachel Blum
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US-China relations under the new Trump administration with Professor Minxin Pei
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The international order and US-China competition with Professor Shiping Tang
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Evolution of American Chip Controls on China with Dr Douglas Fuller
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China and technology export controls with Michael Mastanduno and Jennifer Lind
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | America and the Asian 21st Century with Professor Kishore Mahbubani
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s evolving approach to economic security with Professor Yeling Tan
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | AI and elections with Professor Lawrence Lessig
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East with Professor Fawaz Gerges
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The social media spiral of silence with Nick Lewis
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Why America Can’t Retrench with Dr Peter Harris
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Faculty-student research collaborations with Evelyne Ong
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on capitalism
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Industrial Policy with Professor Nathan Lane
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Black Immigrant Literacies with Professor Patriann Smith
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Gray Areas with Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Parliamentary America with Professor Maxwell Stearns
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Nuclear Strategy in a Changing Indo-Pacific
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | US Foreign Policy and Power with Professor Jeff Legro
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The media, truth, and reality with Brooke Gladstone
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Bomb with Fred Kaplan
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May 28, 2024 |
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Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade | LSE Phelan US Centre Event
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May 24, 2024 |
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Will the US remain the world’s superpower?
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May 15, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order with Professor John Owen
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May 13, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade with Dr Elizabeth Ingleson
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May 03, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace with Professor Elizabeth Saunders
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy with Professor Jennifer Carlson
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Latino Voters in the United States with Professor Jason Casellas
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Super Tuesday 2024 results with Professor Jason Casellas
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Limits of Presidential Power with Professor Andrew Rudalevige
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy with Dr Jordan Tama
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Why China Hawks are Wrong with Professor William Wohlforth
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Rust Belt Union Blues with Professor Theda Skocpol
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Master’s students essay competition on climate change
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Religion over Race with Dr Amanda Sahar d’Urso and Dr Tabitha Bonilla
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | In Quest of a Shared Planet with Dr Naveeda Khan
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 3 on Global Governance in an Era of Anti-Globalism
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 2 on Populism and Democratic Capitalism
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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The Future of Capitalism Conference: Panel 1 on Globalisation and the Return of Geopolitics
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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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
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Birth Lottery of History with Professor Robert Sampson
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Kennedy Withdrawal with Professor Marc Selverstone
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries with Professor Pranab Bardhan
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 6: The Future of Climate Change Politics in America
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Geopolitics and Democracy with Brian Burgoon and Peter Trubowitz
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 5: The Cost of Climate Change in America
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 4: Climate Change and Race
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The defining global challenges of the coming decades with the Lloyd George Study Group
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Confederate Diaspora with Professor Samuel Bazzi
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Rise and Fall of the EAST with Professor Yasheng Huang
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Waning Globalisation with Professor Pinelopi Goldberg
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May 25, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 3: Conflict and Security
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May 18, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 2: Migration and Forced Movement
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May 12, 2023 |
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Climate Change: America and the World – Episode 1: Climate Change and Global Responsibility
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May 04, 2023 |
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Coming Soon – Climate Change: America and the World
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Beijing's Global Media Offensive with Joshua Kurlantzick
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise with Professor Susan Shirk
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration with Dr Tasseli McKay
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Glenn Loury on Identity Politics and Race in America
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on China and the International Order
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Belt and Road with Professor Taylor Fravel
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relations
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Lessons from the Edge with Marie Yovanovitch
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | England's Cross of Gold with Professor James Morrison
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Mary Kaldor on Long-term Solutions to the War in Ukraine
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Finding Success as a Phelan US Centre Undergraduate Research Assistant, with Karen Torres
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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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
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Ayse Zarakol on the future of Liberal Internationalism and the War in Ukraine
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Professor Charles Kupchan on American Isolationism and the Future of the Liberal World Order
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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LSE: The Ballpark | Dr Fiona Hill on Putin, the War in Ukraine, and the Future of European Security
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The Ballpark | S4 E3: New York: Education Inequality in the Empire State
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The Ballpark | S4 E2: California: Environmental Policy in the Golden State
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How UK Think Tanks influence US policymaking, with Professor Michael Cox
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Four Threats to American Democracy with Profs Lieberman and Mettler
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May 19, 2021 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: American Resistance and the 2020 Election: Prof. Dana Fisher Interview
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Coming Soon: The Politics of Race in American Film – with Dr. Clive James Nwonka
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Trolls and the 2016 Election: Professor Kathleen Jamieson interview
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Russian Hackers, Trolls & #DemocracyRIP: Prof Kathleen Jamieson event
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Black Republicans, Power and the Reagan Administration: Prof Leah Wright Rigueur interview
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | S4 E1: Kentucky: Realigning, Republican, Religious, and Rural
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future, an interview with Joseph Sternberg
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: Donald Trump and the Roots of Republican Extremism in the US, with Professor Theda Skocpol
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: How Millennial Economics Will Shake Up US Politics, a public event with Joseph Sternberg
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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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
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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The Ballpark | Extra Innings: New York City's Planning Challenges for 2020 and Beyond, an interview with Marisa Lago
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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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
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Extra Innings: The Dangers of Brexit for the Special Relationship with Senator Chris Murphy
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Season 3, Episode 7: Politics and Policing in New Jersey
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Season 3 Episode 6: Polarization and deindustrialization in the Badger State
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Extra Innings: What the US-North Korea summit may have in store, with Professor Stephan Haggard
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Extra Inning: Lessons from History & the Future of International Trade with Doug Irwin and Jeff Frieden
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Season 3, Episode 5: Missouri
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Extra Innings: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump with Joe Uscinski
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Extra Innings: How Great Powers Transition: A Conversation with Dr. Kori Schake
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Season 3, Episode 4: The Lone Star State You Don't Know
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Season 3, Episode 3: Healthcare politics and policy in Tennessee
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Season 3, Episode 2: Arizona: Immigration politics in the Grand Canyon State
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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Season 3, Episode 1: State of the States: Textbooks in Texas and Cars in California
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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Season 2, Episode 9: What can be done about fake news?
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Season 2, Episode 8: Where did the opioid epidemic come from?
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 7: The Rural-Urban Divide
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 6: Racism towards Latinos: Past, present, and future
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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Extra Innings: The Politics of Resentment in the 2016 US Presidential Election
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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Extra Innings: The Affluence Effect: College Socialization and Inequality in America
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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Extra Innings: Anxiety, Fear, and National Identity
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 5: The future of American progressivism
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 4: The Changing Face of American Conservatism
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 3: Trumpian Foreign Policy
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Jun 02, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 2: Do state governments even matter?
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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Season 2, Episode 1: Populism and the new political spectrum
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Season 2 | The Ballpark | Back at Bat
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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Episode 9: The LSE and USA
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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Extra Innings: The Yanks Are Coming! A lecture from Professor Mick Cox
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: 2016 US Election Preview
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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Oct 10, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Conspiracy theories and Donald Trump
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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Episode 8: America's contentious and complicated criminal justice system
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Has Obama been a transformative president?
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Everything you wanted to know about Brexit but were too afraid to ask
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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Episode 7: Federalism, the longest lasting debate in America
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Gun Violence and Politics in the US
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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Episode 6: Place Matters
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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Episode 5: What's a political poll got to do with it?
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Monetary policy and more with Jeff Frieden
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May 18, 2016 |
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Episode 4: The Almighty Dollar
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May 12, 2016 |
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Extra Innings: Why the Ballpark?
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May 05, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Power, Person, People: US Foreign Policy
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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The Ballpark Extra Innings: Erich McElroy’s Imperfect Guide to the US Presidential Debates
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Mar 24, 2016 |
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Episode 2: This is not a hot take
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Mar 18, 2016 |
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Episode 1: The strongest economy for who?
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Mar 03, 2016 |
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Welcome to The Ballpark
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Feb 25, 2016 |