- 85
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 25M
- YouTube views
About LSE IQ
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
- Publisher
- LSE Film and Audio Team
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Apr 2017
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 85 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is your phone listening to you? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast
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Inside a recent episode
Is your phone listening to you? | Award-winning LSE iQ podcast
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I asked Professor Edgar Whitley from NSE's Department of Management and a privacy expert if there's any evidence our phones are actively listening to our conversations. depends what you mean by actively listening so all modern smartphones smart speakers etc do listen out for keywords siri okay google hey alexa etc etc so at a simple level yes they clearly are listening because they are designed to respond to those kind of wake up words and then the next things that you say will become the basis for the actions change channel, play the next song, order some toilet paper or whatever it might be. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on LSE IQ
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Anthony Scaramucci
- Grace Lordan
- Alexander Evans
- Lauren Sukin
- Nigel Inkster
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 24,524,494
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 50
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The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does LSE IQ take guests?
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