# Why populists are winning and how to beat them

An episode of [LSE: Public lectures and events](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/279428154), 13 May 2026, 1 h 30 min.

Audio: https://richmedia.lse.ac.uk/publicLecturesAndEvents/20260513_1830_whyPopulistsAreWinningAndHowToBeatThem.mp3

In 2024, two billion people went to vote – and populism won big. Donald Trump returned to the White House. Marine Le Pen surged in France. Reform UK became Britain’s most successful far-right party in modern history. Across the West, authoritarian populists now govern one-quarter of the world’s democracies. But is this peak populism – or the populists’ tipping point?

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