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The Ballpark is the LSE Phelan US Centre's regular podcast on the politics and policy of the United States. Through features and interviews with academics from the LSE and elsewhere, The Ballpark looks more closely into what's going on behind the headlines.
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- 4 days ago27 min
LSE: The Ballpark | Courage and partisanship in US politics with Rye Barcott
Given the potential repercussions of trying to work across the aisle, for many in Washington DC, working in a bipartisan manner has become an act of courage.
- 1 weeks ago29 min
LSE: The Ballpark | America as a revisionist power with Professor Phillips O’Brien
In the past decade, America has taken steps that appear deliberately designed to unmake the international order which it set up more than 50 years ago. This has led some commentators to argue that the US is now a revisionist power.
- 2 weeks ago1h 33m
Rethinking the rules of political representation | Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic conference
On the 16th and 17th of October 2026 the LSE Phelan US Centre hosted the conference Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic.
- 2 weeks ago1h 28m
Regional Devolution: pathway or roadblock? | Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic conference
On the 16th and 17th of October 2026 the LSE Phelan US Centre hosted the conference Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic.
- 2 weeks ago1h 38m
Reforming the American federal republic | Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic conference
On the 16th and 17th of October 2026 the LSE Phelan US Centre hosted the conference Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic.
- 2 weeks ago1h 30m
Power, responsibilities and resources | Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic conference
On the 16th and 17th of October 2026 the LSE Phelan US Centre hosted the conference Taming polarization: Reforming the American federal republic.
- 3 weeks ago29 min
LSE: The Ballpark | American constitutional failure with Professor Jack Rakove
President Donald Trump’s two terms in the White House have seen the president take a range of actions with congressional approval, leading to warnings from many commentators that America is in a state of constitutional crisis.
- Oct 1, 20261h 35m
Jack Rakove in conversation with Larry Kramer
Is America experiencing a constitutional crisis, or have we reached the point of constitutional failure? At this LSE Phelan US Centre event, leading scholar on American constitutional history, Professor Jack Rakove, explored this question
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The Ballpark is the LSE Phelan US Centre's regular podcast on the politics and policy of the United States. Through features and interviews with academics from the LSE and elsewhere, The Ballpark looks more closely into what's going on behind the headlines.
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