Lse Iq Podcast

Joanna Bale investigates how gay men living in Dubai create covert communities where they can meet and socialise.

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘Is AI coming for our jobs?’

This month we’re re-running an episode from 2021 which asks, ‘What’s it like to be an animal?’

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How can we make homes more affordable?’

Joanna Bale talks to Dr Stuart Gordon, Sveto Muhammad Ishoq and Halima, an Afghan refugee living in a hotel, about what it’s like to flee your country and policy ideas to help resolve the situation.

Exploring the reasons people might find themselves with problematic levels of debt, this month, LSE iQ asks “Do we always need to pay our debts?”

This month, LSE iQ asks: Can gaming make us happier?

This episode of LSE iQ asks, ‘How does class define us?’

This month, LSE iQ asks: How can we survive the next mass extinction?

Capitalism and free markets have lifted billions out of poverty across the globe. But it is also blamed for widening the gap between rich and poor - with increasing numbers of people feeling left behind.

This month we’re re-running an episode from 2019 about an issue which has come back into focus with the cost-of-living crisis.

This episode of LSE iQ asks do we need the arts to change the world?

This episode of LSE iQ asks whether the advice to ‘follow you heart’ or to ‘find your calling’, is good advice.

In this episode, Nathalie Abbott speaks to Shani Orgad (Professor of Media and Communications at LSE) about representations of mothers, and what effects these have on all of us.

What does the post-pandemic future hold for office workers?

Conspiracy theories fomented by political division and a global pandemic have gained traction in the public consciousness in the last couple of years. Why do people become involved in conspiratorial thinking?

Citizenship. What does that word really signify? This episode of LSE IQ takes a look at the issue in all its complexities...

Computer algorithms shape our lives and increasingly control our future, but how much power should we give to them and have we let things go too far?

This episode is dedicated to social policy giant Professor Sir John Hills, who died in December 2020.

Despite our growing collective pessimism about the state of the world, when it comes to our own lives, research suggests we are generally optimistic.