A conversation with Maureen Meister about her new book

Arts and Crafts Architecture across America

This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has shaped history and driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United States, from philanthropic support from the US in LSE’s early days to famous alumni and American directors of the School.

To talk about the LSE’s long and close relationship with the United States, in October 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Michael Cox. Professor Cox is a Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE's foreign policy think tank, and was its Director between 2008 and 2019. He is also Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE and has been writing a history of LSE.

This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata.  

Further reading and resources

•	Cox, Michael, John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi (eds), American Democracy Promotion: Impulses, Strategies, and Impacts (Oxford University Press, 2000)
•	Cox, M., & Stokes, D. (Eds.), US Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2026)
•	Celebrating LSE's 130th anniversary

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LSE: The Ballpark | LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox

The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in many previously prosperous industrial regions of the US. 

But how and why did these job losses happen, and how did the US move from an economy based on manufacturing to one that’s now based on services? And what can be done to help workers affected by technological disruption in what are called “left-behind places”?

To discuss the origins of job loss, left behind places, and the place-based policies that can help them, in November 2025, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Gordon Hanson, the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Professor Hanson is best known for his research on the labor market consequences of globalization, including pioneering work on the China trade shock.

This episode was produced by Chris Gilson and Avan Fata.  

Further reading and resources
•	We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse, New York Times, 14 July 2025
•	Reimagining the Economy at Harvard Kennedy School
•	What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

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LSE: The Ballpark | How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson

In this lively conversation, Brandon, Misty, and Whitney talk with The Most Rev'd Sean Rowe, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. In this role, he serves as the church’s chief pastor and CEO. Known for his expertise in organizational learning and adaptive change, Rowe is committed to strengthening support for local ministry and mission. This episode offers a wide-ranging conversation, touching upon everything from the role of seminary in spiritual formation, to leadership in a church that is still becoming, to our willingness to engage with God’s imagination. 


Hosts: Brandon Nappi, Whitney Kimball Coe, Misty Krasawski 

Guest: Sean Rowe 

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77: Being Grounded in the Love of God with Sean Rowe

 

The Reverend Dr. John F. Ross is the Executive Director of The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Program at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he shepherds global engagement with the Saint John’s Bible—the first handwritten illuminated Bible in over 500 years. In this episode of The Leader’s Way, Brandon Nappi asks John to tell the story of how this artistic and beautiful Bible came to be, from the early inspirations of renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to the Bible's commissioning by a Benedictine monastery and its subsequent travels across the world. 

 
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78: Saint John's Bible with John Ross

Mohammed Rezwan, founder of Bangladesh’s pioneering floating school movement and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast. 

Mohammed Rezwan

In this episode, the Takhayyul Project welcomes Adnan Khan, an acclaimed Canadian writer, editor, photographer, and visual storyteller. We discuss Adnan's recent work chronicling how the global trade in plastic waste has exploited some of the most vulnerable communities, such as refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Istanbul, and of the importance in bringing empathy and depth to similar stories that often go untold.

Date of episode recording: 2025-11-09T00:00:00Z
Duration: 39.18
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın.
Guests: Adnan Khan
Producer: Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu; Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın; edited by Alexander Pymm

Transcription link: https://www.takhayyulproject.com/s/Imagining-Turkey-w_-Adnan-Khan.docx

Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan

Despite mine closures and talk of phasing out, global coal usage is at an all-time high, with countries like the UK still importing coal for key industries. Dr Andrew Seaton, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in History, joins Professor Philip Schofield to discuss how coal never truly disappeared but evolved in form and influence. From Britain's re-importation of coal to global surges in consumption, Dr Seaton challenges the idea of a clean energy transition, and uncovers coal’s deep ties to industry, health, inequality, and the climate.


Date of episode recording: 2025-12-01T00:00:00Z
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Philip Schofield
Guests: Dr Andrew Seaton
Producer:  Professor David Docherty OBE & Dr Paul Ayris (Pro-Vice-Provost LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, UCL)

Transcription link: https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/ucylaem_ucl_ac_uk/ESY-yPbC7wJAsD5EGLcfFSoB3Ozb3iq-QB5bhEQBTX3q6g?e=JdZ8Yq

Season 3, Episode 1 - The End of Coal, featuring Dr Andrew Seaton

Metalmadeira II reimagines percussionist Marco Bosco’s groundbreaking 1983 album, a work that fused Brazilian percussion traditions with the emerging language of electronic music. Four decades later, Curitiba’s Alter Disco breathe new life into the record, working directly from Bosco’s original recordings to craft bold reinterpretations. By weaving vocoders, percussion, and atmospheric synths into Bosco’s timeless framework, they bridge generations and highlight the album’s enduring influence. The result is both preservation and progression — a project that honours a visionary while extending his innovations into today’s electronic landscape.

Metal Madeira II

Marco Bosco x Alter Disco - Camila

Rough song ideas and junk for the band. Recorded on a handicapable lappy mic. The band: http://thetickswc.bandcamp.com/

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