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Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared

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Episodes

Is Gene Editing The Next Great Health Revolution? Part II

Ever since the discovery of DNA scientists have been on a quest to understand the secrets of the human genome.... more

30 Mar 2023 · 35 minutes
Is Gene Editing The Next Great Health Revolution? Part I

Ever since the discovery of DNA scientists have been on a quest to understand the secrets of the human genome.... more

29 Mar 2023 · 56 minutes
Jude Law: On Typecasts, Character Acting, and London Theatre

Samira Ahmed speaks to Academy Award-nominated actor Jude Law. They speak about his life and career, skipping school to go... more

27 Mar 2023 · 45 minutes
The World Needs Religion Even if it Doesn't Need God

This is not a debate of religion vs. secularism. This is a debate about where and how the values in... more

26 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 26 minutes
Margaret MacMillan on How War Has Shaped Humanity

War - Do we care enough? In this episode, distinguished historian Margaret MacMillan explains why we should care about war... more

25 Mar 2023 · 56 minutes
Iraq: 20 Years On | Tony Blair on Trial

Tony Blair is the man who reinvented Labour, won a landslide majority in 1997 and went on to win three... more

24 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Iraq: 20 Years On | ISIS, Terror and Extremism

How did the Iraq war fuel terror and extremism around the world? What is the connection between Al-Qaeda and ISIS?... more

23 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
Iraq: 20 Years On | Loss of a Nation

Over the last twenty years, award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, has watched his nation disappear time and time again. Sectarian... more

22 Mar 2023 · 39 minutes
Iraq: 20 Years On | Invasion, Occupation and Failures

What happened in Iraq once the Americans and the British arrived? Why was the transfer of power a far from... more

21 Mar 2023 · 45 minutes
Iraq: 20 Years On | The Road to War

Exactly twenty years ago today on the 20th March 2003, the US along with its allies launched a shock and... more

20 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
Archive: Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard

In 2015, Intelligence Squared staged the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. Boris Johnson, at that time Mayor of... more

19 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Checking Out: The Industry That Takes Care Of The Dead

Ever since she was a young child, journalist Hayley Campbell has been fascinated by death. It's the theme of her... more

17 Mar 2023 · 50 minutes
What Exactly Is Western Civilisation?

We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread connecting ancient Greece to modern Europe, from Plato to NATO.... more

15 Mar 2023 · 46 minutes
How Our Hobbies Set Us Free

The literal translation of amateur is ‘lover of’ so why is it a word so often steeped in derogatory overtones?... more

14 Mar 2023 · 43 minutes
Introducing...Intelligence Squared: Arts & Culture

We have some really exciting news for you, we've launched a brand new podcast – Intelligence Squared Arts & Culture. Join us... more

13 Mar 2023 · 23 minutes
Who Defines Feminism?

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. Feminism is not a monolith; often in the western world to help understand the... more

12 Mar 2023 · 41 minutes
Margaret Atwood, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Elif Shafak & More On Finding Their Voice

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. On this episode we’re hearing a compilation from our award-winning podcast series How I Found... more

11 Mar 2023 · 53 minutes
Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. There are seven necessary sins for women and girls, that's according to Egyptian writer... more

10 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Afghan Women Who Won't be Silenced

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. "My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts... more

09 Mar 2023 · 33 minutes
The Betrayal of Female Bodies in Professional Sport

International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. Equality is no longer enough, women need equity - that's the message of former... more

08 Mar 2023 · 40 minutes
Difficult Feminism: History’s Complicated Changemakers

International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status... more

07 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Me Too: The Women Who Helped Ignite a Movement

International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. On this episode we hear from some of the women who helped sparked the... more

06 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Old World vs New World: The Great Wine Debate

For the Sunday Debate this week, a dip back into the archive to 2019 when we partnered with Waitrose to... more

05 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Mary Beard on Women and Power in Western Culture

How has Western culture depicted powerful women down the ages? To what extent have they been packaged into a male... more

03 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Bernie Sanders on Money and Power

Senator Bernie Sanders is seen by many as the leader of the progressive movement in the United States. On this... more

01 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Introducing...Intelligence Squared: Arts & Culture

We have some really exciting news for you, we're launching a brand new podcast – Intelligence Squared Arts & Culture. Join us... more

28 Feb 2023 · 23 minutes
Remembering The Cultural Revolution In Modern China

Journalist Tania Branigan has spent years covering China and is Foreign Leader writer for the Guardian. Her new book, Red... more

27 Feb 2023 · 53 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Should the West Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?

As the war in Ukraine reaches its one year anniversary, there is still no clear end in sight. And while... more

26 Feb 2023 · 42 minutes
Russia and Ukraine: One Year On

On this episode of the podcast we look back on one year of Russia’s war in Ukraine by revisiting 10... more

24 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
How Nigeria Is Making Peace With The Legacy Of Its Civil War

Emmanuel Iduma is a Nigerian author and critic whose new book, I Am Still With You, explores the legacy of... more

22 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World

Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing accomplishment but one that remains poorly understood. On this episode of the podcast we... more

20 Feb 2023 · 41 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Atheism is the New Fundamentalism

Does God exist? In this archive debate from 2009, we invited a panel of expert speakers to discuss whether atheism... more

19 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
American Nightmare: Chinatown's People Smuggling Empire

Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe joins us on the podcast to tell the story of an unlikely criminal mastermind, Sister... more

17 Feb 2023 · 47 minutes
Titanic: 25th anniversary special with Kate Winslet

It’s been 25 years since the release of James Cameron’s cult classic, Titanic. The epic movie, which early fans will... more

15 Feb 2023 · 56 minutes
Faces of Britain – Missing Portraits and the Gaps in British History

Intelligence Squared and Harewood House partner for this live podcast exploring the power of portraiture in representing Britain’s complex history.... more

13 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Pornography is Good For Us

It’s an issue that only gets more contentious with time - is porn good for us? To debate this issue... more

12 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Bret Easton Ellis on Teenage Nihilism and Nostalgia

Los Angeles, 1981. A group of beautiful, rich, high school students are playing adult in their absentee parents' empty mansions,... more

10 Feb 2023 · 39 minutes
Food for Thought: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and... more

08 Feb 2023 · 37 minutes
Up in the Air: The Future of BBC World Service and Britain's Soft Power

On 27 January 2023, broadcaster Mahmoud Al-Mossallami hosted BBC Arabic radio’s final transmission after 85 years on air. It's the... more

06 Feb 2023 · 47 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Were pre-Brexit predictions correct?

This week marked the three year anniversary of Brexit, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. On... more

05 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Ian Hislop on Satire and Becoming the Most Sued Man in England

Samira Ahmed speaks to journalist, satirist, and editor of the magazine Private Eye, Ian Hislop. They speak about his life... more

03 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
Muppets in Moscow: The Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Between 1993 and 1997 Natasha Lance Rogoff, award-winning television producer and filmmaker, was the executive producer of Ulitsa Sezam, the... more

01 Feb 2023 · 43 minutes
How Putin’s Wars Shaped Modern Russia

Mark Galeotti is one of the world’s leading experts on modern Russia. His new book, Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to... more

30 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Sunday Debate: The West Should Pay Reparations For Slavery

For this archive debate from 2019, we invited a panel of top speakers to discuss the motion: The West Should... more

29 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
How the Egyptian Pound Hit an All-Time Low

Are eggs now a luxury item? For the past year an economic crisis has been brewing in Egypt, only to... more

27 Jan 2023 · 27 minutes
How to Manage Your Money In the Cost of Living Crisis

In the current cost of living crisis it has never been more important to understand the financial world and take... more

25 Jan 2023 · 58 minutes
Debunking the False Promises of the Wellness Industry

Juicing, biohacking, mindfulness apps, collagen supplements: the wellness industry has exploded into a $4.4 trillion movement. Wellness industry journalist Rina... more

23 Jan 2023 · 56 minutes
The Sunday Debate: What is the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI?

As the world ushered in a new year on the 31st of December 2022, it also said goodbye to possibly... more

22 Jan 2023 · 38 minutes
The Future of Ukraine and How Middle Powers are Reshaping the World

Observed from afar, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might appear to be a replay of the Cold War stand-off between Russia... more

20 Jan 2023 · 59 minutes
Resetting the Conversation on Race, with Coleman Hughes and Kenan Malik

Does the conversation on race need a reset? That is the question that Coleman Hughes and Kenan Malik explored when... more

18 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Do We Have More than Five Senses?

Why does the world appear different when we’re in love? How can one colour make us feel anger and another... more

16 Jan 2023 · 46 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Revere or Remove? The Battle Over Statues, Heritage and History

In this archive debate from 2018, we invited expert speakers to discuss the cultural sensitivities of the statues and memorials... more

15 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Futureverse – Redefining Legacy: How to Be a Great Ancestor, with Rory Stewart

In today's episode of Intelligence Squared, we hear from our podcast dedicated to exploring the possibilities of what lies ahead:... more

13 Jan 2023 · 45 minutes
The Heir and the Spare: Prince Harry Takes Aim at the Royal Family

In his new memoir, Spare, Prince Harry has opened a Pandora's box of revelations on the carefully managed public image... more

11 Jan 2023 · 44 minutes
The Economy in 2023: Where Do We Go From Here?

Russia's war on Ukraine, Liz Truss's mini budget and soaring inflation have all hammered the UK in recent months. But... more

09 Jan 2023 · 58 minutes
The Sunday Debate: How much wealth should parents pass down?

Some of the richest people in the world have decided against bequeathing their fortunes to their children; from Bill Gates... more

08 Jan 2023 · 49 minutes
The Powerful Women Who Made History

Powerful women have too often been overlooked by history. Of course we know about Boudica, Cleopatra, Elizabeth I and Catherine... more

06 Jan 2023 · 54 minutes
The Bewildering Magic of the Narwhal, the Greenland Shark, and the Golden Mole

Are narwhals the closest creature to unicorns that we can ever know? How does the Greenland shark fill its 500... more

04 Jan 2023 · 1 hour,
Cultural Favourites from the Archives – Words that Changed The World, with Jeremy Irons and Carey Mulligan

To celebrate some of the most influential and impactful speeches ever made, we invited Barack Obama’s director of speechwriting, Cody... more

02 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Cultural Favourites from the Archives – Letters That Changed The World

Letters grant us a glimpse into fascinating lives, whether through the eyes of a genius, a monster or of an... more

01 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cultural Favourites from the Archives – The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs

Continuing our series of cultural highlights from the Intelligence Squared archive, we revisit the event The Power of Poetry, which... more

30 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Cultural Favourites from the Archives – James Rhodes and Armando Iannucci on the Transformative Power of Music

Intelligence Squared has been producing agenda-setting events for over a decade. During the holiday season we're looking back over that... more

28 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
The Magic of A Christmas Carol, with Simon Callow and John Mullan

What is it about Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol that has enchanted the public since its publication in 1843? Few... more

26 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 4 – Jonathan Freedland, Will MacAskill and Katherine Rundell

For our final look at some of the best books to have hit shelves in 2022, we dive back into... more

25 Dec 2022 · 54 minutes
The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 3 – Dipo Faloyin, Lea Ypi and Melissa Thompson

For the third in our 12 Books of Christmas episodes, we revisit a thought-provoking discussion with Dipo Faloyin, whose book... more

23 Dec 2022 · 56 minutes
The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 2 – Oded Galor, Andrea Elliott and Orhan Pamuk

For the second instalment of our 12 Books of Christmas series, we hear from three more authors who have set... more

21 Dec 2022 · 55 minutes
The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 1 – Reni Eddo-Lodge, Orlando Figes and Elizabeth Williamson

Intelligence Squared has enjoyed hundreds of great conversations on the podcast, across our online talks and onstage at our live... more

19 Dec 2022 · 56 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Will protests rock China?

Given the disruptive events unfolding in China in recent weeks, what does the future holds for Xi Jinping and the... more

18 Dec 2022 · 1 hour,
Slime: A Gooey Natural History

Why are women known as the slimier sex? How did the US Navy replicate hagfish slime for ballistics protection? In... more

16 Dec 2022 · 44 minutes
ChatGPT: The Death and Rebirth of Writing

ChatGPT is the Internet's new favourite toy. This is some of AI’s most impressive technology yet, but could the creation... more

14 Dec 2022 · 38 minutes
How Did Zelensky Become One of the Most Significant Wartime Leaders of the 21st Century? with Olga Onuch and Henry Hale

In February 2022 Russian shells rained down on Kyiv as tanks crossed the border into Ukraine. At the time American... more

12 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Sunday Debate: Sanctions against Russia won't work - Part 1

Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February the West has ramped up sanctions against Russia to an unprecedented level, but are... more

11 Dec 2022 · 56 minutes
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa in conversation with Gabriel Gatehouse

Will democracy survive? According to Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa, "we're in the last two minutes". In November she... more

09 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Death of a Monarch and a Divided Nation, with Robert Harris

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07 Dec 2022 · 53 minutes
The Extraordinary Properties of Everyday Foods, with Tim Spector

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05 Dec 2022 · 59 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The Great Energy Transition – What is the Role of Corporations in the Energy Transition?

This is the third and final episode of The Great Energy Transition, a series from Intelligence Squared in partnership with... more

04 Dec 2022 · 1 hour,
Were the 1990s Britain’s Coolest Decade? with Dylan Jones

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02 Dec 2022 · 55 minutes
The Perilous Quest Towards Gene Editing, with Matthew Cobb

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30 Nov 2022 · 52 minutes
Why Modern Men Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

We need a new model of masculinity, one that allows us to hold two thoughts in our head at once:... more

28 Nov 2022 · 43 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Who was the greatest English monarch? In Partnership with History Hit

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27 Nov 2022 · 58 minutes
Black Friday, Shopify, and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age

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25 Nov 2022 · 47 minutes
The Great Energy Transition: What needs to happen between 2030 and 2050 to reach net zero?

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23 Nov 2022 · 45 minutes
The Road to Qatar, with James Montague

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21 Nov 2022 · 57 minutes
The Sunday Debate: How is Modi shaping the future of India?

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20 Nov 2022 · 51 minutes
Nights of Plague, with Nobel Prize Winner Orhan Pamuk

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18 Nov 2022 · 42 minutes
The Life and Death of a Garment, with Maxine Bédat

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16 Nov 2022 · 42 minutes
When the Microchips are Down, with Chris Miller

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14 Nov 2022 · 52 minutes
The Great Energy Transition: What is happening between now and 2030 to achieve net zero?

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13 Nov 2022 · 59 minutes
Advertising Will Save Us from Soulless Design, with former Nike Chief Marketing Officer Greg Hoffman

Can advertising’s immense power to change behaviour be used for good? In this brand new podcast, produced by Intelligence Squared,... more

11 Nov 2022 · 44 minutes
Debate: Is America a force for good in the world? Part 2

In part two of our debate 'Is America a force for good in the world?', foreign policy experts Shadi Hamid... more

09 Nov 2022 · 34 minutes
The Many Voices of Booker Prize Winner George Saunders

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07 Nov 2022 · 38 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Is America a force for good in the world? Part 1

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06 Nov 2022 · 32 minutes
Persuasion in an Age of Polarisation, with Anand Giridharadas

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04 Nov 2022 · 52 minutes
India at 75 – Secularism and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism, with Rana Ayyub

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02 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Jamaica's Culinary Journey, with Melissa Thompson and Riaz Phillips

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31 Oct 2022 · 42 minutes
The Sunday Debate: What does Giorgia Meloni mean for Europe?

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30 Oct 2022 · 43 minutes
The Fulcrum of History: Margaret MacMillan, Sir Max Hastings and Peter Frankopan on the War in Ukraine

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28 Oct 2022 · 55 minutes
Ready for Rishi? The Treacherous Road Ahead for the UK’s New Prime Minister, with Matthew Goodwin and Camilla Cavendish

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26 Oct 2022 · 37 minutes
War and Politics in the 21st Century, with Sir Lawrence Freedman

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24 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
India at 75: Can Britain and India be friends?

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23 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Party’s Over: Liz Truss’s Resignation, with Sonia Sodha and Sherelle Jacobs

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21 Oct 2022 · 35 minutes
Food, Land and a Farming Revolution, with Sarah Langford

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19 Oct 2022 · 39 minutes
Unstoppable Us: How We Can Shape Humanity's Future, with Yuval Noah Harari – Part Two

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17 Oct 2022 · 43 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Ian Fleming vs John le Carré

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16 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
The Story of Russia, with Orlando Figes

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14 Oct 2022 · 49 minutes
Unstoppable Us: Rethinking the History of Humanity, with Yuval Noah Harari – Part One

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12 Oct 2022 · 36 minutes
Prince Andrew's Newsnight Interview: Behind The Scenes, with Sam McAlister

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10 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Can We Rely on Nuclear Deterrence?

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09 Oct 2022 · 52 minutes
The Last White Man, with Mohsin Hamid

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07 Oct 2022 · 56 minutes
The Unravelling of Alex Jones and America's Battle for Truth, with Elizabeth Williamson and Jon Ronson

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05 Oct 2022 · 52 minutes
Ukraine’s Best Known Novelist Andrey Kurkov on Life, Literature and the War in Ukraine

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03 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Free Market Capitalism is so 20th Century

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02 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Advertising Will Save Us: Ending Gun Violence, with Leo Burnett’s Sam Shepherd and Ashley Geisheker

Can advertising’s immense power to change behaviour be used for good? In this brand new podcast, produced by Intelligence Squared,... more

30 Sep 2022 · 46 minutes
The Untold Nomadic History of Civilisation, with Anthony Sattin

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28 Sep 2022 · 59 minutes
Forever War: How Conflict Became Endless, with Samuel Moyn

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26 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The World Should Recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

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25 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Erdoğan’s War: The Quest for Power at Home and in Syria, with Gönül Tol

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23 Sep 2022 · 1 hour,
How The West Can Stop Putin, with Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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21 Sep 2022 · 40 minutes
Finding Our Inner Strength, with Bruce Daisley

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19 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Can Decolonisation Go Too Far?

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18 Sep 2022 · 49 minutes
The Extraordinary Life of Catherine Dior, with Justine Picardie

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16 Sep 2022 · 38 minutes
Understanding Environmental Inequality, with Leah Thomas

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14 Sep 2022 · 32 minutes
The Inside Story of Europe’s Biggest Financial Scandal, with Dan McCrum

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12 Sep 2022 · 41 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Has the Political Establishment Failed America?

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11 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
How Social Media Rewired our Brains and our World, with Max Fisher

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09 Sep 2022 · 50 minutes
The Futureverse: Undervalued – Is the Future of Art Female?

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07 Sep 2022 · 42 minutes
How to Improve the World for the Generations to Come, with Will MacAskill

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05 Sep 2022 · 59 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Reflections on the Collapse of the Soviet Union, with Timothy Garton Ash and Ivan Krastev

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04 Sep 2022 · 51 minutes
Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin, with Philip Short

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02 Sep 2022 · 59 minutes
Lessons from the American Civil War, with Sarah Churchwell and Karen Joy Fowler

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31 Aug 2022 · 42 minutes
Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations, with Nihal Arthanayake

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29 Aug 2022 · 42 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Should the West defend Taiwan?

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28 Aug 2022 · 53 minutes
The Science of Anti-Ageing, with Nicklas Brendborg

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26 Aug 2022 · 48 minutes
Spies, Communism and the Battle to Win the Cold War, with Scott Anderson

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25 Aug 2022 · 54 minutes
Too Woke? How Society's Best Intentions Could Be Betraying Black America, with John McWhorter

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22 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Prosecute Trump

On January 6 2021 a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S Capitol seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. Rioters... more

21 Aug 2022 · 57 minutes
Engineering for Change, with Will Butler-Adams

With the climate crisis mounting, cycling is often touted as being part of the solution for how we can make... more

19 Aug 2022 · 50 minutes
Afghanistan After The Withdrawal: What Lessons Have We Learned?

One year ago the United States decided to withdraw from Afghanistan after two decades in the country. The Taliban, a... more

17 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Salman Rushdie: Touchstones with Razia Iqbal

For this archive episode from 2021, journalist and BBC News broadcaster Razia Iqbal is joined by the acclaimed author Salman... more

15 Aug 2022 · 59 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The Bittersweet Truth About What We Eat

To unpack the truth behind the often confusing information about the food we eat, in this archive discussion from 2017,... more

14 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Western Intervention and the Rise of Guerrilla Warfare, with David Kilcullen

This month will mark a year since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021 and the chaotic withdrawal of... more

12 Aug 2022 · 57 minutes
An Honest Life, with Micheal Leviton

In an era of fake news and 'alternative facts', the issue of truth and how it is presented to the... more

10 Aug 2022 · 40 minutes
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, with Reni Eddo-Lodge

Reni Eddo-Lodge, the journalist, podcaster and author of essential book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race,... more

08 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
The Sunday Debate: If You Believe You are a Citizen of the World, You are a Citizen of Nowhere

In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect... more

07 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Shinzo Abe's Legacy and Japan's Future, with Satona Suzuki and Jeff Kingston

Japan's recently assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe was a leader who leaves behind a complex legacy. Internationally, he strengthened Japan's relationship... more

05 Aug 2022 · 40 minutes
The Future of the War in Ukraine, with Fiona Hill

We welcome back Fiona Hill, the foreign affairs and national security expert, to discuss Putin, foreign policy, and what could... more

03 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Reclaiming the Earth: Exploring Race, Heritage and the Natural World

For this episode focusing on how craft, creativity and our relationship with the planet can help us rethink established narratives and... more

01 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War

For this week's Sunday Debate, we're dipping back into the archive to 2014, when we gathered a panel of expert... more

31 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 36 minutes
How to Lead a Sustainable Business – Emma Dabiri on Reinventing Stories Around Race

For this edition of Intelligence Squared, we join Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, for her podcast How to Lead a... more

29 Jul 2022 · 34 minutes
Putin’s Long War: From Chechnya to Ukraine, with John Sweeney

In the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, award-winning journalist John Sweeney reported from Kiev, drawing on his decades of... more

27 Jul 2022 · 57 minutes
Why Religion Keeps Evolving, with Robin Dunbar

Robin Dunbar has been hailed as one of the most insightful and creative evolutionary thinkers of our time, famed for... more

25 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Sunday Debate: Angela Merkel is Destroying Europe

In this archive listen from 2013, we explore the global political impact of a leader whose legacy and influence is... more

24 Jul 2022 · 56 minutes
The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz to Warn the World, with Jonathan Freedland

During the Second World War, Rudolph Vrba was one of the very few people to escape the horrors of the... more

22 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Breaking the Power of Big Tech, with Jamie Susskind

Trolling, conspiracy theories, racist algorithms, cyberwarfare – every day our headlines are ablaze with negative stories about the internet. The... more

21 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Next Steps for an Anti-Racist Society, with Ibram X. Kendi

Activist, academic and author Ibram X. Kendi joins us for a discussion on his new book, How to Raise an... more

18 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The Battle for the Countryside, with George Monbiot, Rory Stewart, Minette Batters and Mark Cocker

The British countryside is often heralded for its natural beauty, but much of these bucolic landscapes are, of course, man-made.... more

17 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
The Magical World of Animal Senses, with Ed Yong

What do bees sense in flowers? What do songbirds hear in each others’ tunes? And what’s that smell sending your... more

15 Jul 2022 · 59 minutes
The Futureverse: Reimagining Worth

How do we define value? How has this changed over time? And who decides what is deemed valuable? For centuries,... more

13 Jul 2022 · 51 minutes
Doughnut Economics, with Kate Raworth

Oxford University economist Kate Raworth has been described by the author and environmentalist George Monbiot as, "The John Maynard Keynes... more

11 Jul 2022 · 50 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Hip-hop vs Shakespeare

In a debate that spans centuries created in partnership with Sotheby's, we hear from Peabody Award-winning spoken-word performer George the... more

10 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
A Life in Forensic Psychiatry, with Dr Ben Cave

What is it like to treat some of the most troubled men and women in society? Dr Ben Cave is... more

08 Jul 2022 · 40 minutes
Them’s the Breaks: Boris Johnson’s Resignation and Britain’s Political Crisis, with Jonathan Freedland, Simon Jenkins and Manveen Rana

In a special programme following the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the UK, we hear from columnist,... more

07 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Hunt for the Missing Cryptoqueen, with Jamie Bartlett

Dr Ruja Ignatova, an Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptocurrency guru, promised her followers a financial revolution through her project: OneCoin. Then, in... more

06 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
On Speaking and Being: The Power of Words, with Kübra Gümüsay

Language is expressive, a way of opening doors or a tool for creating new dialogue. But a tool so powerful... more

04 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Has Sex Positivity Harmed Feminism?

In today's world, we're often encouraged to think that sex is no longer a subject burdened with shame or repressed... more

03 Jul 2022 · 44 minutes
Eton, Oxford, Westminster: The Formative Pipeline of Britain's Ruling Elite, with Simon Kuper

Across Britain, it’s no secret that the people who make up the country's elected government have gone through the same... more

01 Jul 2022 · 53 minutes
Escaping Xinjiang, with Nury Turkel

In recent years China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group... more

29 Jun 2022 · 38 minutes
Why We Fight, with Christopher Blattman

Christopher Blattman is an economist, political scientist and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of... more

27 Jun 2022 · 59 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The Northern Ireland Question: Is it Time to Abandon The Protocol?

The Northern Ireland Protocol – agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union in 2019 – has been a... more

26 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Neighbouring Russia, with Erika Fatland

Tracing Russia’s vast border, which meets those of 14 other countries, helps tells the history of Russia itself. From its... more

24 Jun 2022 · 41 minutes
How to Be an Antiracist, with Ibram X. Kendi

Activist, historian and academic Ibram X. Kendi's book, How To Be and Antiracist, won the National Book Award for nonfiction... more

22 Jun 2022 · 48 minutes
The Hidden World of Bisexuality, with Julia Shaw

Bisexuality is the world’s largest sexual minority but is potentially the least understood. In her new book, Bi: The Hidden... more

20 Jun 2022 · 44 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Parenting Doesn’t Matter (Or Not As Much As You Think)

We delve back into the archive to 2018, when we held a debate getting to the heart of nature vs... more

19 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Bittersweet: Finding Purpose in Sorrow, with Susan Cain

Susan Cain shot to fame in 2012 with her international bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking,... more

17 Jun 2022 · 1 hour,
How To Live With Each Other, with Farhan Samanani

In an increasingly polarised world, it’s not often we get books saying that difference is our greatest strength. But Farhan... more

15 Jun 2022 · 57 minutes
Count your Blessings: The Natural Beauty of Mathematics, with Junaid Mubeen

Whether rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will eventually become a friend or foe to humanity is a pressing question when it... more

13 Jun 2022 · 54 minutes
The Sunday Debate: We Were Right To Brexit

It was always going to be a disaster. Queues of HGVs stretching miles from Dover. The Good Friday Agreement threatened... more

12 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The New Food Revolution, with George Monbiot

George Monbiot is a journalist, campaigner and author, who is telling the world that the time for action on the climate crisis... more

10 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Something Extra from Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared podcast is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Now we’re adding extra depth to our audio... more

09 Jun 2022 · 14 minutes
How to Lead a Sustainable Business, with Alannah Weston and Leslie Johnston

In this episode of Intelligence Squared's How to Lead a Sustainable Business with Alannah Weston podcast, Alannah is joined by... more

08 Jun 2022 · 32 minutes
The Power of Demography, with Paul Morland

Does the world have too many people – or not enough? That’s one of the big questions that demographer Paul... more

06 Jun 2022 · 59 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Blame Liberals For the Rise of Populism

A delve into the archive and back to 2019 when we debated a motion asking whether the left’s policies of... more

05 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
The Joy of Science, with Jim Al-Khalili

Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books, the latest of... more

03 Jun 2022 · 43 minutes
Who is the Real Xi Jinping? With Kerry Brown

Writer and academic Kerry Brown's latest book is Xi: A Study in Power, which profiles the policies and personality behind China's... more

01 Jun 2022 · 55 minutes
The Crimes of History, with Linda Kinstler and Peter Pomerantsev

How do you put a ghost on trial? In Linda Kinstler's deeply personal new book, Come to This Court and... more

30 May 2022 · 43 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Chinese Investment Is Good for Africa

Between 2007 and 2020, China invested $23 billion into infrastructure for nations across Africa, $8 billion more than the other... more

29 May 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Mental Health: Hope and Healing With Horatio Clare and Alex Riley

How we understand mental health and the level of compassion we show to those suffering from depression and other forms... more

27 May 2022 · 58 minutes
Otherlands: A Journey Into Our Planet’s Deep Past, with Thomas Halliday

Palaeobiologist and bestselling author Thomas Halliday is helping us better understand how the natural world evolved over the past 500... more

25 May 2022 · 49 minutes
The New Science of the Body Clock, with Russell Foster

Every second of the day, tiny biological clocks are ticking throughout your body, from the neural pathways of your brain... more

23 May 2022 · 56 minutes
The Sunday Debate: The Left has right on its side

The political Left often purports that it has society’s best interests at heart and that it works for the good of... more

22 May 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
No Bullsh*t Leadership, with Roula Khalaf

Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern... more

20 May 2022 · 42 minutes
The Afghan Women Writing for Freedom, with Marie Bamyani, Zarghuna Kargar and Lucy Hannah

Afghan women’s voices are at increasing risk of being silenced and as more of their rights slip away, so do... more

18 May 2022 · 32 minutes
How to Avert the Climate Catastrophe and a Financial Meltdown, with Eugene Linden

Author and environmental journalist Eugene Linden's new book, Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change from 1979 to... more

16 May 2022 · 1 hour,
Is it Time to Abandon the Five-Day Work Week?

Is it time to abandon the five-day work week? Or is the "five-days on, two days off" cadence of work... more

15 May 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
How to Make Democracy Work for Everyone, with Yascha Mounk

During an era of identity politics, culture wars and increasing awareness of the structural biases that contribute to global inequality,... more

13 May 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The Futureverse: The World Will Be a Better Place in 5, 50 and 500 Years

We live in a time of greater uncertainty than ever before in human history. We are poised between the twin... more

11 May 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Ukrainians on the War in Ukraine, with Kira Rudyk, Michael Bociurkiw and Olha Poliukhovych

Is the West doing enough to help Ukraine? What kind of endgame should Ukraine be seeking – all-out victory over... more

09 May 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
The Sunday Debate: Abolish Billionaires

Reportedly the planet's richest person, multibillionaire Elon Musk is currently seeking to buy the World's online public square, Twitter. Should... more

08 May 2022 · 58 minutes
Russia's Crackdown on Dissenting Voices, with Zhanna Nemtsova and Ben Noble

Since the war in Ukraine began, dwindling remaining hopes of maintaining even the outward appearance of a free democratic process... more

06 May 2022 · 47 minutes
What Next for France, Europe and the World? With Sophie Pedder and Ben Judah

For the second part of our analysis of one of the most tense elections in Europe of recent years, we... more

04 May 2022 · 58 minutes
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Afghan women’s voices are at increasing risk of being silenced and as more of their rights slip away, so do their stories.... more