Intelligence Squared

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Society & Culture
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News Commentary
351
The Rise of Spotify, with Liz Pelly
39 min
352
Kavita Puri and Sathnam Sanghera on War, Empire...
38 min
353
Kavita Puri and Sathnam Sanghera on War, Empire...
34 min
354
Earthling Ed: How to Argue with a Meat Eater (P...
26 min
355
Earthling Ed: How to Argue with a Meat Eater (P...
26 min
356
The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Putin, ...
32 min
357
The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Putin, ...
32 min
358
George the Poet on Music, Memory, and the War o...
22 min
359
George the Poet on Music, Memory, and the War o...
22 min
360
Classic Debate: There is Nothing Wrong With Rea...
60 min
361
Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain, Storytelling, a...
30 min
362
Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain, Storytelling, a...
34 min
363
Sam McAlister on Scandals, Scoops, and the Prin...
22 min
364
Sam McAlister on Scandals, Scoops, and the Prin...
20 min
365
Justin Webb on The Trump World Order (Part 2)
33 min
366
Justin Webb on The Trump World Order (Part 1)
33 min
367
Classic Debate: Rembrandt vs Vermeer - The Tita...
59 min
368
Chokepoints: Economic Warfare in the Modern Wor...
39 min
369
Nicholas Carr on How Technologies of Communicat...
40 min
370
Classic Debate: Parenting Doesn’t Matter (Or No...
60 min
371
Humans: A Monstrous History
31 min
372
Jonathan Sumption on the Challenges of Democracy
38 min
373
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with ...
29 min
374
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with ...
36 min
375
Can Feminism Be African? With Minna Salami
41 min