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LSE: The Ballpark | Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz
Jun 22, 2026
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Should we take hypnotherapy more seriously?
Jun 9, 2026
33m 05s
LSE: The Ballpark | EU-China relations in the Trump era with Noah Barkin
Jun 8, 2026
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LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor Nathalie Tocci
May 26, 2026
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Should animals have rights?
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| 6/22/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz | The 1990s were an important decade. They saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, falling trade barriers, an expanding capitalist democratic order and the rise of what came to be called the liberal international order. But the 1990s also sowed the seeds of the rise of populism and anti-globalism in Western democracies that are now complicating global politics and governance. A new book, Rethinking the 1990s, Liberal World Order-Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War looks back at how important the 1990s were and to the opportunities that were missed at that time by politicians. In April 2026 the Phelan US Centre spoke with the book’s editors, Professor G. John Ikenberry and Professor Peter Trubowitz. The discussion covered what makes the 1990s such an important decade for the world today, how the US’ liberal bet on China failed, and how US and Western attempts to expand liberal internationalism were met with resentment abroad and at home. We also talked about the lessons the US can take from the decisions made in the 1990s that are still affecting global politics. Further reading and resources • Ikenberry, G John, and Peter Trubowitz (eds), Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order-Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War (New York, NY, 2025; online edn, Oxford Academic, 22 Sept. 2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197813133.001.0001 • Text of George F. Kennan’s “Long Telegram” - https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark is ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes a few minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/terms-and-conditions-for-the-ballpark-listener-survey-voucher-prize-draw | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Should we take hypnotherapy more seriously?✨ | hypnotherapyhypnosis+4 | Dr Nick LongAmanda Joy+1 | NHSSuggestions of power: searching for efficacy in Indonesia’s hypnosis boom+1 | — | hypnotherapyhypnosis+5 | — | 33m 05s | |
| 6/8/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | EU-China relations in the Trump era with Noah Barkin✨ | EU-China relationsTrump administration+3 | Noah Barkin | Rhodium GroupPhelan US Centre+2 | EUChina | EUChina+5 | — | 34m 03s | |
| 5/26/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor Nathalie Tocci✨ | Donald TrumpEurope+4 | Professor Nathalie Tocci | John Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesInstitute for International Affairs+2 | EuropeUkraine+1 | Donald TrumpEurope+5 | — | 28m 12s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() Should animals have rights?✨ | animal rightsanimal welfare+4 | Jeff SeboJonathan Birch+1 | LSENYU+2 | — | animal rightsanimal welfare+5 | — | 30m 20s | |
| 5/11/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | China under siege: how Beijing sees the United States with Dr Yu Jie✨ | US-China relationseconomic competition+3 | Dr Yu Jie | Chatham HouseProject Syndicate | ChinaUnited States | ChinaUnited States+3 | — | 26m 09s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor Kathleen McNamara✨ | US-EU relationsDonald Trump+5 | Kathleen McNamara | Georgetown UniversityPhelan US Centre+3 | EUEurope | Donald TrumpUS-EU relations+6 | — | 34m 07s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() How can we be more resilient?✨ | resiliencemental health+3 | Anthony ScaramucciDr Grace Lordan | SkyBridge CapitalLSE+4 | — | resiliencemental health+5 | — | 29m 59s | |
| 4/13/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | American foreign policy in the age of Trump with Professor Walter Russell Mead✨ | American foreign policyTrump administration+4 | Walter Russell Mead | Hudson InstituteUniversity of Florida+1 | USChina | Trump foreign policyAmerica First+3 | — | 32m 21s | |
| 3/30/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy with Professor Ian Shapiro✨ | populismdemocracy+4 | Professor Ian Shapiro | Yale UniversityPhelan US Centre+5 | United StatesUnited Kingdom+2 | populismdemocracy crisis+6 | — | 44m 48s | |
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| 3/16/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | America first and the future of Eurasian geopolitics with Dr C Raja Mohan✨ | Eurasian geopoliticsUS foreign policy+4 | Dr C Raja Mohan | Council on Strategic and Defence ResearchInstitute of South Asian Studies+4 | IndiaEurope+2 | Eurasiageopolitics+6 | — | 28m 03s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() Why are we having fewer children?✨ | fertility ratesdemographic shifts+4 | Professor Berkay OzcanProfessor Emily Jackson+1 | We Are Childfree | TurkeyChile+2 | fertilitybirth rates+5 | — | 28m 48s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall✨ | China's role in the worldUS-China relations+4 | Todd Hall | University of OxfordPhelan US Centre+1 | — | Chinainternational relations+4 | — | 39m 39s | |
| 2/16/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | America adrift with Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter | America is undergoing profound change. Demographic transformation, shifting global power dynamics, and a foreign policy establishment in transition are reshaping how the United States sees itself—and how the world responds. These shifts raise fundamental questions: What does a more diverse America mean for its global role? As new voices emerge, how do longstanding foreign policy elites adapt, or will they lose influence? Given all these factors, how has the second Trump administration differed in its foreign policymaking? And how are rapid technological changes, including AI, reframing global governance? To explore these issues, in November 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America and a leading thinker on global governance, democracy, and U.S. foreign policy. The conversation ranged from demographic upheaval to America’s evolving relationship with global partners, the legacy of East Coast foreign policy elites, and the challenges America faces in its 250th anniversary year. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • For business, DEI should be an economic priority, Anne Marie Slaughter – Financial Times - 28 August 2024 • A New World Order, Anne-Marie Slaughter, (Princeton University Press, 2004) • William H. Frey - Brookings Institution • Justice by Means of Democracy, Danielle Allen (The University of Chicago Press, 2023) • Substack resources mentioned – The Renovator; The All American • New America • America adrift: the end of the east coast foreign policy elite (for video and event podcast recording) – Phelan US Centre Event with Anne-Marie Slaughter, 12 November 2025 Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes a few minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | ![]() Are jobs getting better? | What does the future of work really look like? Many workers today face unstable contracts, insecure employment, and widening inequalities. Yet, at the same time, rapid technological change and advances in AI are transforming productivity, reducing repetitive tasks, and opening new possibilities for creativity and flexible working. In this episode of LSE iQ, Maayan Arad explores how work is changing, and what it will take to ensure these shifts benefit everyone. He speaks to leading experts on job quality, AI, and remote work models that could reshape economies and communities worldwide. Dr Kirsten Sehnbruch from LSE’s International Inequalities Institute explains why improving job quality - not just quantity - is essential for tackling global inequalities and creating fairer labour markets. Professor Raj Choudhury from LSE’s Department of Management reveals how the ability to work from anywhere could reverse the ‘brain drain’ from smaller towns and rural regions. Fabien Curto Millet, Chief Economist at Google, discusses how artificial intelligence is reshaping creativity, productivity, and the nature of work - and gives advice for graduates entering the workplace. Together, they explore big questions about the future of work, from the rise of location flexible jobs to the impact of AI on human skills, innovation, and economic opportunity. Contributors: Kirsten Sehnbruch, Raj Choudhury, Fabien Curto Millet. Research links: Https://prithwirajchoudhury.com/the-world-is-your-office/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/19/jobs-ai-skills-training/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2022.2156460 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2024/09/17/why-the-flexicurity-model-of-the-labour-market-is-not-sustainable/ | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() 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, and a leading authority on Chinese economic policy and US-China commercial relations. The discussion conversation covered the October 2025 deal between US president Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping, the state of relations between China and the US two countries during the first months of the second Trump presidency, and the insights that can be gained by speaking to scholars and experts on the ground in China. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • China Field Notes podcast – with Scott Kennedy • The Center for Strategic and International Studies • China’s Tech Obsession Is Weighing Down Its Economy – Scott Kennedy and Scott Rozelle – Foreign Policy, 10 October 2025 • Red Ink: Estimating Chinese Industrial Policy Spending in Comparative Perspective by Gerard DiPippo, Ilaria Mazzocco, Scott Kennedy, and Matthew P. Goodman – CSIS – 23 May 2022 Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark is ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey: • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition for 2025 | Recent years have seen growth in the capability and use of AI tools across society, including by business, academia, the media, and in the economy more widely. Many institutions have embraced AI tools and models such as ChatGPT (OpenAI) and Gemini (Google) to provide solutions to a variety of challenges, from the everyday to the global. At the same time, many commentators have expressed concerns about bias in AI, its contribution to other global challenges like climate change, and that it may even be a threat to society or democracy. In 2025, the Phelan US Centre ran an essay competition for master’s students with the prompt, “Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” In this episode we spoke to the author of the winning essay, Kayode Adeniyi, and the runners-up, Natasha Chávez and Francesca Nicolodi. We discussed their essays, the competition, what it’s like for students to engage with a wider audience, and the opportunity they had to present their essays in the UK parliament to MPs and the British-American Parliamentary Group. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Read the essays from the winner and runners-up on the Phelan US Centre’s USAPP blog • AI in the US: The Next Space Race or the Next Subprime Crisis? - Kayode Adeniyi - LSE Department of Management (winner) • The AI race: will the US lead or fall behind? - Natasha Chávez - LSE Department of International Relations (runner-up) • Trump’s hunger for AI domination is allowing Silicon Valley to seize the state but not its people - Francesca Nicolodi - LSE Department of Social Policy (runner-up) Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark is ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until Monday 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes a few minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | ![]() 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 many previously prosperous industrial regions of the US. But how and why did these job losses happen, and how did the US move from an economy based on manufacturing to one that’s now based on services? And what can be done to help workers affected by technological disruption in what are called “left-behind places”? To discuss the origins of job loss, left behind places, and the place-based policies that can help them, in November 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Gordon Hanson, the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Professor Hanson is best known for his research on the labor market consequences of globalization, including pioneering work on the China trade shock. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse, New York Times, 14 July 2025 • Reimagining the Economy at Harvard Kennedy School • What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 1 November 2025. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | ![]() 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 shaped history and driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United States, from philanthropic support from the US in LSE’s early days to famous alumni and American directors of the School. To talk about the LSE’s long and close relationship with the United States, in October 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Michael Cox. Professor Cox is a Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE's foreign policy think tank, and was its Director between 2008 and 2019. He is also Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE and has been writing a history of LSE. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • Cox, Michael, John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi (eds), American Democracy Promotion: Impulses, Strategies, and Impacts (Oxford University Press, 2000) • Cox, M., & Stokes, D. (Eds.), US Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2026) • Celebrating LSE's 130th anniversary Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan | Since returning to the White House for his second term 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. To discuss Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy and the US’ place in the changing world order, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Charles Kupchan, Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University, and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • Charles A. Kupchan., No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (Oxford Academic, 2012), • Charles A. Kupchan, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020). • The promise and peril of Trump's America first – LSE Phelan US Centre event, including links to event video and podcast recording Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | ![]() Will the next World War be a cyberwar? | It seems every week we hear a new report of a cyber-attack. Recent examples include the hacks on Marks and Spencer's, Jaguar Land Rover, and the Co-op, all causing massive economic disruption. While these attacks seem to have come from cyber criminals working within the UK rather than other nation states, they highlight the destruction that cyber-attacks can wreak. What if those attacks were on our critical infrastructure? Our national grid? Our water supply? Is the UK prepared? Charlotte Kelloway meets former Director of Operations and Intelligence for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Nigel Inkster, who discusses when a cyber-attack could constitute a declaration of war. She also talks to former Director Cyber in the Foreign Office and Associate Dean for Strategic Development at the LSE School of Public Policy Professor Alexander Evans about what the UK is doing defensively and offensively to prevent cyber-attacks. Dr Lauren Sukin from Nuffield College at the University of Oxford explains why there is a lack of regulation in the cyberwar space and explores if depictions of cyberwar in the media are realistic. Contributors: Professor Alexander Evans, Dr Lauren Sukin, Nigel Inkster Research links: Lauren Sukin: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00220027231153580 Nigel Inkster: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Decoupling-Struggle-Technological-Supremacy/dp/1787383830 LSE iQ is a university podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science. | — | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | ![]() LSE: The Ballpark | AI and deepfakes with Dr Gili Vidan | As long as there has been photographic and video imagery, there have been manipulated videos and photos. But only in the last decade or so have the public become aware of what are known as “deepfakes”, computer or AI generated fake images, often of celebrities. The spread of deepfake imagery raises questions about truth and authenticity online – can we still trust what we see on screen? To discuss deepfakes, and the idea of trust and authenticity in the digital sphere more broadly, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Gili Vidan, Assistant Professor of Information Science at Cornell University’s Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • Robert Chesney & Danielle K. Citron, Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security,107 California Law Review 1753 (2019). • Habgood-Coote, Joshua (2023). Deepfakes and the epistemic apocalypse. Synthese 201 (3):1-23. Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 11/17/25 | ![]() 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. China has accomplished all this while continuing to be an authoritarian state, which is at odds with many conventional ideas about the relationship between autocracies and technology. To discuss China’s technological rise in the context of its autocratic government, in October 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Jennifer Lind, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and a leading expert on the international relations of East Asia, about her new book, Autocracy 2.0 How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • Autocracy 2.0 How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny by Jennifer Lind (Cornell University Press, 2025) • Jennifer Lind and Michael Mastanduno. Hard Then, Harder Now: CoCom’s Lessons and the Challenge of Crafting Effective Export Controls Against China - Texas National Security Review (2025) • Blue Blaze on Substack Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
| 11/4/25 | ![]() Will AI free us from work? | Will artificial intelligence cause huge unemployment? Will it free us from working? Will it replace us? In this special edition of LSE iQ, Sophie Mallett sits down with Professor Judy Wajcman, LSE’s Emeritus Professor of Sociology and one of the world’s leading voices on technology and society. Together, they explore one of the biggest questions of our time: what does artificial intelligence really mean for the future of work? In this wide-ranging conversation, Judy shares what really saves people time, talks about the fear of job replacement, and warns of the dangers of letting the most powerful tech companies design the future From Silicon Valley boardrooms to everyday lives, Judy challenges us to think differently about progress, productivity, and what we truly value as work. Contributors: Judy Wacjman Research links: From connection to optimisation How Silicon Valley sets time Feminism confronts AI: the gender relations of digitalisation LSE iQ is a university podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science. | — | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | ![]() 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, with the country’s leader Xi Jinping, hosting representatives from more than 20 countries including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi. The absence of the United States in this gathering of global leaders may tell us about how China is competing with the US and building its own global order. To discuss China’s strategic competition with the US, and how it is evolving under the Trump administration, in September 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Evan Medeiros, the Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China Relations at Georgetown University. This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata. Further reading and resources • “China and Russia Will Not Be Split”, Michael McFaul and Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 4 April 2025 • Medeiros, E. S., & Polk, A. (2025). China’s New Economic Weapons. The Washington Quarterly, 48(1), 99–123. • “U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s: Toward a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”, 17 October 2024 • “The Delusion of Peak China”, Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 24 April 2024 Take the Ballpark Listener survey and enter the prize draw for £250 in vouchers! The Ballpark will be ten years old in 2026, and we want to hear from you to make the podcast even better, so we’re running a listener survey until 2 February 2026. • Fill in our listener survey – it only takes 15 minutes – here: https://forms.office.com/e/Vcj8V8uGM1 • Voucher prize draw terms and conditions are available here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/the-ballpark/ballpark-listener-survey-prize-terms-conditions-2025 | — | ||||||
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