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The Ideological Roots of 'Wokeness'. with Helen...
In this week's episode Helen Pluckrose documents the evolution of the ideas that inform today's radical social justice activism, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fiel...
40 min
1002
Thomas Friedman and Robert Peston on the Final ...
Thomas Friedman has been called ‘the most influential columnist in America’. The Financial Times has described him as a ‘global star’ and he has won the Pulitzer Prize three times. On October 6, Friedman will be join...
56 min
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Kim Jong Un and The Bomb: is North Korea Really...
North Korea shocked the world in September 2017 by exploding the most powerful nuclear device tested anywhere in 25 years. Months earlier, it had conducted the first test flight of a missile capable of ranging much of the United States. Soon after, Kim...
55 min
1004
BONUS: Clive Woodward on No Bullsh*t Leadership...
In this bonus episode we preview a new podcast created by Intelligence Squared called No Bullsh*t Leadership hosted by Chris Hirst, CEO of advertising group Havas Creative. Today's guest is the sporting legend and rugby coach Clive Woodward who sp...
14 min
1005
Incels and the Men Radicalised to Hate Women, w...
According to Laura Bates a vast network of incels and other men who hate women are able to operate, virtually undetected online. These extremists commit deliberate terrorist acts and violence against women. Vulnerable teenage boys are groomed and radic...
40 min
1006
How to Lead a Sustainable Business with Clover ...
How can we mobilise mindsets to turn anxiety about the climate crisis into action?This week Intelligence Squared Recommends an episode from the How To Lead a Sustainable Business podcast, hosted by Alannah Weston, chairman of&n...
23 min
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How Covid-19 Will Shape the Next Decade, with P...
This week we were joined by Philip Rowley Media Futurist & Futures Director at Omnicom to explore how Covid-19 will shape the next decade of culture, politics and entertainment. From remote working to video gaming Phil provides a ...
40 min
1008
Debate: Cancel Culture is Threatening Our Freedoms
JK Rowling, Scarlett Johansson, Kanye West. All have been ‘cancelled’ – denounced on social media for doing or saying something considered wrong or offensive, often on matters to do with race or gender. In this week's episode Ayaan Hirsi Ali and J...
63 min
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China's Good War, with Rana Mitter and Gideon R...
For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same goals. But now, as China grows more ...
48 min
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A Secret History of Stars, with Jo Marchant and...
Jo Marchant and Helen Czerski take us on a journey through humanity’s relationship with the heavens. The stars have shaped who we are - our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few ce...
52 min
1011
The Spies Fighting Communism During the Cold Wa...
At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing – seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear – to some – that the Soviet Union was already executing a pl...
46 min
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Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust, with R...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------One summer’s night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had survived Auschwitz, hidden and fought in forest...
37 min
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Clive, Capitalism and The East India Company, w...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality. For it was not the British government that began seizing chunks of I...
53 min
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Taming Covid and Preventing the Next Pandemic, ...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------In this week's episode we brought together two of Britain’s most esteemed experts on global pandemics to discuss what we got wrong about the virus and how we can le...
54 min
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Power, Control and Domestic Abuse, with Jess Hi...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------Every week in England and Wales, two women are killed by a current or former partner. And still we ask the question: 'Why didn't she leave?' Ac...
37 min
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BONUS EPISODE: Shinzo Abe's Life and Legacy
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------As Japan's longest serving premier, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, steps down due to health concerns, we examine his life and legacy in a special bonus episode. We we...
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Rutger Bregman on Human Kindness in a Frightene...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. From Hobbes’ theory about the state of nature to Richard Dawkins’ ‘selfish gene’, the ...
57 min
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Dark Money and Dirty Politics, with Peter Geogh...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared------Democracy is in crisis, and unaccountable and untraceable flows of money are helping to destroy it. According to Peter Geoghegan, politicians lie gleefully, making wil...
39 min
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The Hidden Power of Caste, with Isabel Wilkerso...
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.--------Race, class, gender. These are the categories that are commonly thought to define our lives. But Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson argues that ultimate...
55 min
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Ghost Ships and Geopolitics, with Ian Urbina an...
Ian Urbina, investigative reporter of The New York Times for 17 years returns to the podcast to discuss a new investigation, which he believes to uncover the largest known case of illegal fishing perpetrated by a single industrial fleet operat...
32 min
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Partition Voices, with Kavita Puri and Rajini V...
The division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. It happened far away, but it would shape modern Britain. In this week's episode Kavita Puri speaks to Rajini Vaidya...
46 min
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Can business deliver social good after Covid-19...
As Covid-19 continues to suspend normal life across much of the globe, many commentators have argued the present moment offers a unique opening to re-imagine our societies and economic system. On this week's episode we delved into this topic with ...
34 min
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Deepfakes and the Infocalypse with Nina Schick ...
In this week's podcast Nina Schick speaks to Carl Miller about the rise of Deepfakes and what she believes is an impending 'Infocalypse'. Advances in AI mean that by scanning images of a person (for example using Facebook), a powerful ma...
43 min
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Niall Ferguson On What History Can Teach Us Abo...
There are few big thinkers better placed to explain the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic than historian Niall Ferguson. In addition to his profound understanding of past crises, since early March he has been meticulously collatin...
56 min
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An Artificial Revolution, with Ivana Bartoletti...
In this week's episode world-leading privacy expert Ivana Bartoletti speaks about the reality behind the AI revolution, from the low-paid workers who train algorithms to recognise cancerous polyps, to the rise of data violence and the sym...
42 min