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The Sunday Debate: Is Labour Unelectable?
The Labour Party has been out of power for over a decade. And after a historic electoral defeat in the 2019 general election, the party looks to be in real trouble. Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020 replacing self described socialist Jeremy ...
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COP26: How Women Can Save the Planet, with Anne...
As the COP26 global climate summit takes place, many are asking who is really responsible for the climate emergency and who might be able to prevent it? Dr Anne Karpf is a writer and sociologist whose recent book, How Women Can Save t...
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How to fix a country, with James Plunkett
James Plunkett's new book, End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken, draws on his years working in both public policy and at the top tiers of government. A former advisor to UK prime minister Gordon Brown, his book looks at how to reboot some ...
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Business Weekly: Scary Smart with Mo Gawdat
Mo Gawdat was Chief Business Officer of Google X, the experimental development arm of the internet behemoth. He's since written books on how to find happiness and his new one, Scary Smart, warns of the potential dangers posed to ...
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The Sunday Debate: Is COP26 a turning point for...
This debate, recorded on Thursday 28th October 2021, was part of Energised, a debate series from Intelligence Squared in partnership with Iberdrola, a leading company in the field of renewable energy.It’s make or break time for the planet. That’s th...
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COP26: Everything you need to know
With the devastating effects of the climate emergency becoming more urgent by the day, the COP26 summit in Glasgow now represents a pivotal moment in global cooperation on the issue. Can anything meaningful be achieved without collaboration from the bi...
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Mary Beard on Images of Power from the Ancient ...
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of figures we deplore? In October 2021 Mary Beard, Britain’s best known classicist, came to Intelligence Squared to talk about the ideas in her ...
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Business Weekly: Richard Branson on a Life of E...
In this week's Business Weekly, Samira Ahmed speaks to business mogul Sir Richard Branson about becoming a serial entrepreneur developing the Virgin brand, signing some of the biggest names in music and the next frontiers of space travel.
How I ...
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The Sunday Debate: Should the West pay Reparati...
Should there be a broad programme of reparations – not just financial compensation, but acknowledgement of the crimes committed and the lasting damage caused by slavery? Or would this just worsen social tensions by reopening old wounds? That's the...
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The Untold Story of African Europeans, with Oli...
The history of Africans in Europe may seem recent, but historian Olivette Otele tells a very different story – a story of African presence in Europe that stretches back centuries
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Empire of Pain: Sacklers, Opioids and the Sicke...
How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people?
In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Ha...
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Business Weekly: No Bullsh*t Leadership with Ji...
Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared.
In this episode Chris Hirst speaks to the inter...
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The Sunday Debate: China, friend or foe?
Is China an enemy that needs to be reined in, or a potential partner with whom the West should engage? Hear the arguments and decide for yourself.
Speakers: Martin Wolf, Keyu Jin, Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Chair: Carrie Gracie
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Covid by Numbers with David Spiegelhalter
With data on the Covid-19 pandemic changing shape with every new outbreak and new mutation, it's a complex task to make sense of where the story of the virus will head next. David Spiegelhalter is chair of the W...
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Can We Fix Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis vs Gill...
Should capitalism be reformed or replaced? Former Greek Finance Minister and economist Yanis Varoufakis and Gillian Tett US editor at large at the Financial Times discuss and debate their visions for a post-COVID economy live in London. The moderator i...
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Business Weekly: No Bullsh*t Leadership with Kw...
Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared.
In this episode Chris speaks to Kwame Kwei-Arma...
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The Sunday Debate: The Battle Over Free Speech:...
For this week's episode of The Sunday Debate, we revisit our event from 2018.
Many would argue that these are the fundamental goals of a good education. So why has Cambridge University taken to warning its students that the sexual violence in Ti...
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The Pandora Paper trail with Jeffrey Sachs
The recent publication of The Pandora Papers, a trove of 12 million financial documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has once again shone a spotlight on secret offshore accounts and tax loopholes. The papers co...
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Connectivity and conflict, with Mark Leonard
A more interconnected world was supposed to bring us closer together, but Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says the opposite has occurred. He joins Carl Miller to discuss his new book The Age of Unp...
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Business Weekly: Dame Vivian Hunt on Stakeholde...
Today's episode comes from the How To Lead a Sustainable Business podcast, brought to you by Selfridges Group and Intelligence Squared. In the podcast, Alannah Weston, Chairman of Selfridges Group, speaks to inspiring leaders at the forefront of s...
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The Sunday Debate: Let Them Eat Meat
The ethical and environmental arguments can make it difficult to justify eating animal products. But do we want to live in a world where there is no beef Wellington or cheese soufflé?
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How I Built This, with Guy Raz
Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to ...
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How I Disrupted an Industry, with CEO of Starli...
In this week's episode Anne Boden CEO of Starling Bank speaks to Linda Yueh about setting up her own bank.
In her remarkable story Boden reveals how she broke through bureaucracy and successfully countered widespread suspicion to realise her vis...
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Business Weekly: Exponential, with Azeem Azhar
We are entering the Exponential Age. Between faster computers, better software and bigger data, ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating.
Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist, and creator of the acclaimed Ex...
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The Sunday Debate: Identity Politics is Tearing...
Is identity politics tearing society apart or is it a call for social justice for everyone? That's the theme of this week's Sunday Debate.
For the motion were journalist and author of 'We Need To Ta...
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