Episodes

  • 2: What if?: Justice Focused on Memory over Punishment?

    2: What if?: Justice Focused on Memory over Punishment?
    Jan 18 2026

    In this episode of What If? The Future’s Legal Podcast, we ask: what if justice focused less on punishment, and more on memory?

    We explore whether preserving testimonies, storytelling, and collective memory can itself function as a form of justice in post-conflict societies.

    We are joined by Francisco, a Public Information Coordinator at the International Criminal Court, who shares insights from his work communicating justice to communities affected by conflict. The episode considers whether international justice should be measured by convictions alone, or by how societies remember what happened, and why that memory matters.

    Hosts: Raana Syed and Hasti Hashemi

    Editors: Salma Abuelatta and Noor Sayegh
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    31 mins
  • 1: 1: What if?: Humans Permanently Settled on Mars?

    1: 1: What if?: Humans Permanently Settled on Mars?
    Dec 8 2025
    In this episode we are joined by Silvia Teixeira and Stephane Duponcheele in exploring the fascinating novel legal and policy concerns that are associated with permanent settlement in outer space. We discuss the provisions of the Outer Space Treaty, as well as the current grey areas in international space law.

    Alongside currently completing her masters in International Development and Public Policy, Silvia works as a project manager at Nova SBE's Knowledge Centre. She has collaborated as a research assistant on a H2020 Earth observation project. Her interests lie in legal and policy challenges of emerging technologies on Earth and in space.

    Stephane is an undergraduate student at UCL, with a strong interest in space law from both a commercial and public policy standpoint.

    Hosts: Raana Syed and Hasti Hashemi

    Editors: Salma Abuelatta and Noor Sayegh
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    29 mins
  • 5: Born with an identity crisis: a country’s dilemma

    5: Born with an identity crisis: a country’s dilemma
    Mar 18 2025
    In this episode, we are joined by Elen Griffiths, an Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics student. We explore how it is growing up in a Welsh-speaking household and the importance of minority-spoken languages. We also discuss moving to London and her realisation of wanting to return to Wales, despite pressures from external forces.

    Host: Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
    Editor: Laila Gauhar
    Artwork: Sylvain Chan
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    30 mins
  • 4: Born with an identity crisis: moving through cultures

    4: Born with an identity crisis: moving through cultures
    Feb 19 2025
    In this episode, we are joined by Haan Jun (Ryan) Lee, a Korean/American General Course student studying Politics and International Relations. We dive into Ryan’s journey of moving back and forth between Korea, the US, and Indonesia, and how those physical moves affected his perception of identity and feeling of not being part of one specific place. We also discuss some of the cultural differences between Korean and American education, as well as the expectations that come with the culture.


    Host: Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
    Editor: Laila Gauhar
    Artwork: Sylvain Chan
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    37 mins
  • 3: Born with an identity crisis: redefining our home

    3: Born with an identity crisis: redefining our home
    Jan 21 2025
    In this episode, we have Vic Andersson Bettencourt joining us, who is a Human Rights and Politics Master student. We cover her childhood and growing up in many different places, dealing with her two very different nationalities/cultures: Portuguese and being part of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. We dive deeper into the importance or lack of having a physical home, and how our connection with people/family is so valuable and important for our identity.


    Host: Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
    Editor: Laila Gauhar
    Artwork: Sylvain Chan
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    33 mins
  • 2: Born with an identity crisis: too asian or too white?

    2: Born with an identity crisis: too asian or too white?
    Nov 30 2024
    In this episode, we welcome our first guest: Angelica Di Monte, a first-year IR student. We talk about her growing up with Italian and Taiwanese nationalities while living in southern France. The topics that are covered are feeling included within family, our perception of our countries, the value of languages and communication, school experiences as well as defining what identity crisis means to us.


    Host: Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
    Editor: Laila Gauhar
    Artwork: Sylvain Chan
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    27 mins
  • 1: 1: Born with an identity crisis

    1: 1: Born with an identity crisis
    Nov 12 2024
    In this podcast, we will explore what it means growing up with multiple national and cultural identities and how that has affected who we have become. Do we struggle with belonging? Ultimately, we want to explore the complexities and beauties of growing up mixed and having unique perspectives. We were all born with identity crises!


    Host: Nora Kaul Hoelgaard
    Editor: Laila Gauhar
    Artwork: Sylvain Chan
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    23 mins
  • 1: Grimshaw Spotlight #1 – Robbie Shilliam and Decolonising International Relations

    1: Grimshaw Spotlight #1 – Robbie Shilliam and Decolonising International Relations
    Feb 8 2024
    After a long hiatus, welcome back to Grimshaw Podcasts, the podcast of the London School of Economics' Grimshaw Club! In our new series, Grimshaw Spotlight, we dive into the latest international relations research.
    Today we are interviewing Robbie Shilliam, a professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. We discuss decolonising the discipline, Marxism, international political economy and much more.
    Some useful links:
    • Robbie Shilliam's JHU profile https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/robbie-shilliam/
    • Decolonising Politics: An Introduction (2021) ISBN: 978-1-509-53940-6 https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/faculty-books/decolonizing-politics/
    • Jenna Marshall (King's College London) - writing on créolité and international development https://jennatmarshall.wordpress.com/home/
    • Lisa Tilley (SOAS) - upcoming book on race, ecology and colonially https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/lisa-tilley
    • Nivi Manchanda (Queen Mary University)- infrastructure and colonialityhttps://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/manchandanivi.html
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    38 mins