Contributor(s): Dr Joseph Spooner, Sara Williams | Exploring the reasons people might find themselves with problematic levels of debt, the options open to those in financial trouble and how bankruptcy laws could be used more impactfully to the benefit of both individuals and society; this month we revisit an episode from 2023 which asks, “Do we always need t ... Show More
Sep 2
How is the far right shaping our future?
Contributor(s): Professor Tim Bale, Dr Marta Lorimer, Dr Michael Vaughan, Imam Adam Kelwick | How is the far right shaping our future? Across the world, far right ideas, once confined to the political fringe, have entered the mainstream. They spread through social media feeds and ... Show More
32m 46s
May 2025
Is AI destroying the planet?
Contributor(s): Professor Nick Couldry, Dr Eugenie Dugoua, Ceara Carney | Artificial intelligence is transforming the world around us, offering increased productivity and promising to help tackle difficult problems like global warming.
But behind the scenes, its environmental cos ... Show More
31m 17s
Apr 2025
How do we avoid falling for online scams?
Contributor(s): Dr Suleman Lazarus, Professor Andrew Murray, Lisa Mills, Nikki MacLeod | This episode of LSE iQ looks at how we can avoid falling for online scams. We think it couldn’t happen to us, but incidents of online fraud are escalating at an alarming rate, affecting all a ... Show More
32m 36s
Mar 2024
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. This wage gap has persisted despite near-record rates of women’s participation in the labor market, with wage gaps even larger for women in minority populations, and it’ ... Show More
53m 15s
Oct 2024
Lilly Ledbetter: The Woman Who Fought the Pay Gap
Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay trailblazer, died on Saturday. WSJ’s Joseph De Avila reports on how Ledbetter faced pay discrimination at her job and sued her employer, taking her case all the way to the Supreme Court. And WSJ’s Lauren Weber discusses the persistence of the gender pay ... Show More
21m 13s
Jan 2025
Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, "Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility Among India’s Professional Elite" (Princeton UP, 2021)
In India, elite law firms offer a surprising oasis for women within a hostile, predominantly male industry. Less than 10 percent of the country's lawyers are female, but women in the most prestigious firms are significantly represented both at entry and partnership. Elite workspa ... Show More
1h 12m
Nov 2024
SOCIÉTÉ - Pourquoi les inégalités salariales entre les hommes et les femmes persistent
Le 22 novembre 1972, la loi relative à l'égalité de rémunération entre les hommes et les femmes stipulait "à travail égal, salaire égal". 52 ans plus tard, les femmes gagnent toujours moins que les hommes. À partir du 8 novembre, à 16h48, elles travailleront gratuitement. C'est l ... Show More
16m 36s
Sep 2023
EP285 Why boys are struggling (and what educators can do about it)
I recently read a powerful book called, “Of Boys and Men: Why They’re Struggling, Why We Should Care, and What We Can Do About It” by Richard Reeves. It’s not the first piece of media I’ve consumed about the crises men are facing in the U.S. right now, but IS the first I’ve seen ... Show More
55m 50s