Shows / Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared
Ideas shape the world. Intelligence Squared brings you the conversations that explain them. In every episode, we bring together leading thinkers, writers, scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs, to challenge assumptions, test ideas and debate the questions shaping our future. If you want to think more clearly about the world and where it's heading, you're in the right place. If you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free…
Episodes
- Intelligence Squared
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 standout discussions from the past 12 months including Jonathan…
- Intelligence Squared
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 Africa Is Not A Country challenges…
- Intelligence Squared
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 the agenda for original thinking and progressive…
- Intelligence Squared
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 events across 2022. For the…
- Intelligence Squared
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 country? Some say that this is a pivotal…
- Intelligence Squared
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 this episode we’re joined by science…
- Intelligence Squared
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 of an all-knowing human-like chatbot -…
- Intelligence Squared
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 forces prepared to evacuate President…
- Intelligence Squared
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 the measures having the desired…
- Intelligence Squared
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 sat down with journalist Gabriel…
- Intelligence Squared
The Death of a Monarch and a Divided Nation, with Robert Harris
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Extraordinary Properties of Everyday Foods, with Tim Spector
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
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 Cummins and we're asking what is the…
- Intelligence Squared
Were the 1990s Britain’s Coolest Decade? with Dylan Jones
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Perilous Quest Towards Gene Editing, with Matthew Cobb
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
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: we can care deeply about women’s rights and be compassionate…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Who was the greatest English monarch? In Partnership with History Hit
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Black Friday, Shopify, and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Great Energy Transition: What needs to happen between 2030 and 2050 to reach net zero?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Road to Qatar, with James Montague
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: How is Modi shaping the future of India?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Nights of Plague, with Nobel Prize Winner Orhan Pamuk
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Life and Death of a Garment, with Maxine Bédat
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
When the Microchips are Down, with Chris Miller
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Great Energy Transition: What is happening between now and 2030 to achieve net zero?
On this episode of The Sunday Debate we have the first instalment of The Great Energy Transition, a new series from Intelligence Squared in partnership with…
- Intelligence Squared
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, Myra Nussbaum, President and…
- Intelligence Squared
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 and Samuel Moyn discuss the return of Donald Trump…
- Intelligence Squared
The Many Voices of Booker Prize Winner George Saunders
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Is America a force for good in the world? Part 1
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Persuasion in an Age of Polarisation, with Anand Giridharadas
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
India at 75 – Secularism and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism, with Rana Ayyub
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Jamaica's Culinary Journey, with Melissa Thompson and Riaz Phillips
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: What does Giorgia Meloni mean for Europe?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Fulcrum of History: Margaret MacMillan, Sir Max Hastings and Peter Frankopan on the War in Ukraine
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Ready for Rishi? The Treacherous Road Ahead for the UK’s New Prime Minister, with Matthew Goodwin and Camilla Cavendish
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
War and Politics in the 21st Century, with Sir Lawrence Freedman
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
India at 75: Can Britain and India be friends?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Party’s Over: Liz Truss’s Resignation, with Sonia Sodha and Sherelle Jacobs
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Food, Land and a Farming Revolution, with Sarah Langford
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Unstoppable Us: How We Can Shape Humanity's Future, with Yuval Noah Harari – Part Two
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Ian Fleming vs John le Carré
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Story of Russia, with Orlando Figes
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Unstoppable Us: Rethinking the History of Humanity, with Yuval Noah Harari – Part One
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Prince Andrew's Newsnight Interview: Behind The Scenes, with Sam McAlister
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Can We Rely on Nuclear Deterrence?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Last White Man, with Mohsin Hamid
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Unravelling of Alex Jones and America's Battle for Truth, with Elizabeth Williamson and Jon Ronson
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Ukraine’s Best Known Novelist Andrey Kurkov on Life, Literature and the War in Ukraine
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Free Market Capitalism is so 20th Century
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
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, Myra Nussbaum, President and…
- Intelligence Squared
The Untold Nomadic History of Civilisation, with Anthony Sattin
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Forever War: How Conflict Became Endless, with Samuel Moyn
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: The World Should Recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Erdoğan’s War: The Quest for Power at Home and in Syria, with Gönül Tol
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
How The West Can Stop Putin, with Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Finding Our Inner Strength, with Bruce Daisley
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Sunday Debate: Can Decolonisation Go Too Far?
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Extraordinary Life of Catherine Dior, with Justine Picardie
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
Understanding Environmental Inequality, with Leah Thomas
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…
- Intelligence Squared
The Inside Story of Europe’s Biggest Financial Scandal, with Dan McCrum
Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below…