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.

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Tuesday · 59 min
In conversation with Alberto Musalem, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Join us for a conversation between Ricardo Reis, A. W. Phillips Professor of Economics at LSE, and Alberto Musalem, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where they will talk about monetary policy and recent economic trends.
September 23 · 1 hr 27 min
The road to COP32: an African agenda for climate action and economic development
As the world looks ahead to COP32 in Addis Ababa, Africa has a unique opportunity to shape the direction of global climate negotiations. At a pivotal moment for international climate policy, the continent is setting the agenda on how climate action can support sustainable and resilient economic development.
September 21 · 1 hr 12 min
From the Archive: Why women won
How, when, and why did women in the US obtain legal rights equal to men’s regarding the workplace, marriage, family, Social Security, criminal justice, credit markets, and other parts of the economy and society, decades after they gained the right to vote?
September 15 · 1 hr
What happened to liberal democracy?
In this conversation with Nobel Prize-winner and LSE alumnus Daron Acemoglu he will be talking about his new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
September 14 · 52 min
The new supply-side era: the O-ring meets geopolitics
Lazard CEO and Chairman Peter Orszag sees a new supply-side era taking shape, in which supply shocks that are increasingly geopolitical in origin and rooted in the physical world have displaced demand as the dominant source of macroeconomic variance.
September 14 · 1 hr 27 min
From the Archive: F A Hayek's Nobel at 50: then and now
This podcast was originally published in November 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
September 8 · 1 hr 25 min
From the Archive: How progress ends: technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
This podcast was originally published in October 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
September 2 · 1 hr 12 min
In the realm of the last man
In this conversation with Francis Fukuyama he will be talking about his new book, In the Realm of the Last Man.
September 1 · 1 hr 24 min
From the Archive: Wealth in people
This podcast was originally published in March 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
August 25 · 1 hr 21 min
From the Archive: Taylor Swift and philosophy
This podcast was originally published in October 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
August 17 · 1 hr 17 min
From the Archive: Addressing climate inequality
This podcast was originally published in May 2024 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
August 11 · 1 hr 7 min
From the Archive: Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives
This podcast was originally published in December 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
August 3 · 1 hr 26 min
From the Archive: Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution
This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
July 27 · 55 min
From the Archive: Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
July 20 · 1 hr 23 min
From the Archive: How AI is helping - and harming - animals
This podcast was originally published in September 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
July 16 · 1 hr 24 min
The Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026
Britain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics.
July 13 · 1 hr 22 min
From the Archive: Rethinking keynesian fiscal stimulus
This podcast was originally published in April 2025 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
July 8 · 1 hr 34 min
Can we be rich again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy
In this talk by Jeremy Hunt, he will talk about his new book, Can We Be Rich Again? The extraordinary potential of Britain's economy.
July 6 · 1 hr 29 min
From the Archive: Are revolutions justified?
This podcast was originally published in January 2026 and is being republished as part of our Summer archive series of LSE's Public Lectures and Events.
June 25 · 1 hr 22 min
Global trends in climate litigation
This event marks the launch of the Grantham Research Institute’s Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2026 Snapshot report, an annual report now in its ninth year. The report presents an overview of the expansion, complexity, and maturity in the global field of climate litigation.

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