LSE IQ
by LSE Film and Audio Team
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How can we stop buying so much stuff? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast
How can we stop buying so much stuff? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast
About this podcast
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 stop buying so much stuff? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 29 minMore stuff. Same habits. Can we break the cycle? In this episode of LSE iQ, Sue Windebank unpacks the psychology, social pressures and economics that keep us buying—and explores…
- Is your phone listening to you? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 32 minWhy do online adverts seem to know what you’ve just discussed?
- Should we still care about net zero? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 32 minIn 2019, the UK became the first major economy to commit in law to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But seven years later, the world looks very different.
- Should we take hypnotherapy more seriously? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 33 minHypnosis: myth or medicine? We cut through the stage-show stereotypes to uncover the real science of hypnotherapy — and its remarkable results for addiction, pain, and healing.
- Should animals have rights? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 30 minStarting with a dog called Pip, LSE iQ explores one of the biggest ethical questions of our time. What do we really owe animals — and is the law keeping up with the science?
- How can we be more resilient? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast · 30 minHow can we build resilience and bounce back from failure? Sue Windebank speaks to Anthony Scaramucci and LSE’s Dr Grace Lordan about overcoming setbacks, managing your inner…
- Why are we having fewer children? · 29 minFertility rates are at record lows around the world, reshaping communities and even forcing some schools to close...
- Will the next World War be a cyberwar? · 31 minIt seems every week we hear a new report of a cyber-attack. What if those attacks were on our critical infrastructure? Our national grid? Our water supply? Is the UK prepared?
- Will AI free us from work? · 22 minWhat does artificial intelligence really mean for the future of work?
- Do we need to pay our debts? · 29 minAmid rising interest rates and inflation, we ask whether debts must always be paid—exploring causes of debt, bankruptcy’s role, and fresh perspectives on repayment.
- How is the far right shaping our future? · 33 minFar-right ideas once on the fringe now dominate feeds and headlines, reshaping politics and threatening democracy worldwide.
- Is AI destroying the planet? · 31 minThis episode explores the AI sustainability paradox: can AI be both a climate solution and a climate problem?
- How do we avoid falling for online scams? · 33 minWhat type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music?
- Are we in danger of losing our communities? · 30 minWith the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in…
- Why are our rivers and seas polluted by sewage? · 33 minThis episode of LSE iQ explores a national scandal: widespread illegal sewage dumping by our privatised water companies, and why they are all under criminal investigation.
- Who owns outer space? · 30 minWith companies, like SpaceX or Blue Origin, getting into space exploration and the cost of launching rockets dropping, could we see a lot more people heading into space in the…
- What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize? · 34 minIn this episode of LSE iQ, we explore what it’s like to win the prestigious Nobel Prize and how it changes your life.
- How can we solve the gender pay gap? · 29 minThis episode of LSE iQ explores whether gender pay gap reporting, pay transparency and tackling gender norms can reduce the gender pay gap.
