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LSE IQ

LSE Film and Audio Team

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. #LSEIQ

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How can we tackle air pollution?

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2020/08/04

Contributor(s): Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, Dr Ute Collier, Dr Sefi Roth, Dr Thomas Smith | Seven million people die of air pollution, worldwide, every year. This episode of LSE IQ asks how this invisible killer can be tackled. Sue Windebank speaks to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah about her campaigning work for both clean air and a new inquest into the causes of her daughter’s death. In 2013, her daughter Ella Roberta died from a rare and severe form of asthma – she was just nine years old. According

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00:39:41

Is big data good for our health?

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2020/07/08

Contributor(s): Dr Stephen Roberts, Dr Leeza Osipenko, Professor Barbara Prainsack, Dr James Somauroo | With more and more information about us available electronically and online, this episode of LSE IQ asks, ‘Is big data good for our health?’ Advances in bio-medical technologies, along with electronic health records and the information we generate through our mobile phones, Smart Watches or Fit bits, our social media posts and search engine queries, mean that there is a torrent of information

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Is big data good for our health?

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2020/07/08

With more and more information about us available electronically and online, this episode of LSE IQ asks, ‘Is big data good for our health?’

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What does gender have to do with pandemics?

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2020/05/05

Contributor(s): Dr Clare Wenham

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What does gender have to do with pandemics?

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2020/05/05

Contributor(s): Clare Wenham | A special bite-sized episode of LSE IQ asks, “What does gender have to do with pandemics?” Cholera, Ebola, Influenza, MERS, SARs, Smallpox, Yellow fever, Zika and of course novel Coronavirus – these are just some of the pandemic, epidemic diseases listed by the World Health Organisation. And until a few months ago, many of us – particularly in the West – had remained comfortably unaffected by these terrible diseases. Yet today it seems dreadfully routine to consume

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39:17

Are we doomed, or can the climate crisis be averted?

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2020/04/07

Contributor(s): Bob Ward, Svenja Surminski, Ivan, XR

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00:39:17

Are we doomed, or can the climate crisis be averted?

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2020/04/07

Contributor(s): Bob Ward, Svenja Surminski, Ivan, XR | This month’s episode of the LSE IQ podcast asks if the climate crisis can be averted. If you can, cast your mind back a few months. Can you remember a time when toilet roll wasn’t a prized possession? Or when going out meant more than a trip to the supermarket? You may recall talk of another crisis, one that threatened millions of lives and livelihoods. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this episode turns its attention back to this other

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00:42:10

LSE IQ Episode 31 | Is corruption inevitable?

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2020/03/03

Contributor(s): Michael Muthukrishna, Sandra Sequeira, Jonathan Weigel | Welcome to LSE IQ, the award-winning podcast where we ask social scientists and other experts to answer one intelligent question. In this episode Jess Winterstein asks, "Is corruption inevitable?" Bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism – corruption comes in many forms, with varying levels of legality, it costs countries trillions of dollars per year and causes great damage to a nation’s economic prosperity and reputation. Yet

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LSE IQ Episode 31 | Is corruption inevitable?

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2020/03/03

Contributor(s): Professor Michael Muthukrishna, Professor Sandra Sequeira

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00:39:56

LSE IQ Episode 30 | How do we stop knife crime?

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2020/01/17

Contributor(s): Yvonne Lawson, Professor Tom Kirchmaier, Carmen Vila-Llera, Janet Foster, Kerris Cooper | Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year. A disproportionate number of victims - and perpetrators - are young and disadvantaged. Exploring the question, ‘How do we stop knife crime?’, Joanna Bale talks to Kerris Cooper, Janet Foster, Tom Kirchmaier, Yvonne Lawson and Carmen Villa-Llera. Research links: Physical safety and Security: Policies,

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LSE IQ Episode 30 | How do we stop knife crime?

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2020/01/17

Contributor(s): Yvonne Lawson, Tom Kirchmaier, Carmen Vila-Llera, Janet Foster, Kerris Cooper

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LSE IQ Episode 29 | What's the secret to happiness?

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2019/11/12

Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler

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LSE IQ Episode 29 | What's the secret to happiness?

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2019/11/12

Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler | This month we have raided the LSE IQ archives for an episode from 2017 when we ask, ‘What’s the secret to happiness?’ Western societies have been getting steadily richer for several decades, but social scientists have shown that we are no happier for it. In fact we now have more depression, more alcoholism and more crime. Why does happiness elude so many of us and what can we do about it? Joanna Bale talks to LSE’s

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00:44:46

LSE IQ Episode 28 | Is the 21st Century the Chinese...

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2019/10/07

Contributor(s): Professor Christopher Coker, Dr Debin Ma, Dr Yu Jie | Welcome to LSE IQ, the award-winning podcast where we ask social scientists and other experts to answer one intelligent question. In this episode Sue Windebank asks, “Is the 21st Century the Chinese century?” This month sees the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. In 1949 the Chinese Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War. Having overthrown the nationalist government of the Republic of China, Mao Zedong

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LSE IQ Episode 28 | Is the 21st Century the Chinese...

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2019/10/07

Contributor(s): Professor Christopher Coker, Dr Debin Ma, Dr Yu Jie

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LSE IQ Episode 27 | What can we learn from the 2011...

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2019/09/03

Contributor(s): Professor Tim Newburn, Paul Lewis, Professor John Drury | Welcome to LSE IQ, a monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where we ask leading social scientists – and other experts – to answer an intelligent question about economics, politics or society. In August 2011 England experienced the largest outbreak of rioting in a generation. The disorder began after the shooting of young man, Mark Duggan, by police officers in Tottenham. A protest two days

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LSE IQ Episode 27 | What can we learn from the 2011...

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2019/09/03

Contributor(s): Professor Tim Newburn, Paul Lewis, Professor John Drury

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LSE IQ Episode 26 | Why do we need food banks?

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2019/08/09

Contributor(s): Dr. Aaron Reeves, Laura Lane, Daphine Aikens | Welcome to LSE’s award-winning podcast, LSE IQ, where we ask leading social scientists and other experts to answer an intelligent question. In this episode, Joanna Bale asks ‘Why do we need food banks?’ She talks to LSE’s Aaron Reeves and Laura Lane, as well as Daphine Aikens, founder and CEO of Hammersmith and Fulham food bank, and some of her clients.

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LSE IQ Episode 26 | Why do we need food banks?

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2019/08/09

Contributor(s): Professor Aaron Reeves, Laura Lane, Daphine Aikens

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LSE IQ Episode 25 | Is gender equality possible?

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2019/06/18

Contributor(s): Professor Sarah-Banet-Weiser, Dr Grace Lordan, Shani Orgad | Welcome to LSE's award-winning podcast, LSE IQ, where we ask leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer an intelligent question about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Jess Winterstein asks ‘Is gender equality possible?' This episode features LSE's Sarah-Banet-Weiser, Grace Lordan and Shani Orgad, who examine issues of gender inequality in our culture, work and home lives. For further

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