Open to Debate

America is more divided than ever—but it doesn’t have to be. Open to Debate offers an antidote to the chaos. We bring multiple perspectives together for real, nonpartisan debates. Debates that are structured, respectful, clever, provocative, and driven by the facts. Open to Debate is on a mission to restore balance to the public square through expert moderation, good-faith arguments, and reasoned analysis. We examine the issues of the day with the world’s most influential thinkers spanning science, technology, politics, culture, and global affairs. It’s time to build a stronger, more united democracy with the civil exchange of ideas. Be open-minded. Be curious. Be ready to listen. Join us in being Open to Debate. (Formerly Intelligence Squared U.S.)

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Trump's America on the World Stage
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#154 - Has Globalization Undermined the America...
With Thea Lee, Jason Furman, Jared Bernstein, and James Manyika
50 min
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#153 - Is Social Media Good For Democracy?
With Jeff Jarvis, Franklin Foer, Emily Parker, and Roger McNamee
50 min
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#152 - Trigger Warning: Are Safe Spaces Dangerous?
With David L. Hudson Jr., Ashutosh Bhagwat, Suzanne Nossel, and Michael S. Roth
50 min
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#151 - Will Automation Crash Democracy?
With Ian Bremmer, Andrew Keen, Yascha Mounk, and Alina Polyakova
52 min
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#150 - Can Negotiations Denuclearize North Korea?
With Suki Kim, Suzanne DiMaggio, Sue Mi Terry, Bonnie Jenkins, and Mira Rapp-Hooper
51 min
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#149 - Is Bitcoin More Than A Bubble?
With Patrick Byrne, Eric Posner, Tim Draper, and Gillian Tett
52 min
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#148 - Should Net Neutrality Be Saved?
With Mitchell Baker, Nick Gillespie, Tom Wheeler, and Michael Katz
51 min
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#147 - As We Evolve, Do We Need God Less?
With Heather Berlin, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Michael Shermer, and Dr. Anoop Kumar
51 min
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#146 - Does Humanitarian Intervention Do More H...
The debaters are Frank Ledwidge, Bernard Kouchner, Rajan Menon, Rajan Menon, and Kori Schake.
50 min
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#145 - Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?
With Eric Klinenberg, Helen Fisher, Manoush Zomorodi, and Tom Jacques, and a conversation with special guest, Daniel Jones
50 min
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#144 - Unresolved: America's Economic Outlook
With Jason Furman, Simon Johnson, Stephen Moore, Dambisa Moyo, and Gillian Tett.
50 min
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#143 - Do Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground?
With Howard Dean, David Brooks, Melissa Harris-Perry, and Robert George
50 min
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Guns, Bibles, & Breaking Bread: A Thanksgiving ...
With former National Public Radio CEO, Ken Stern
38 min
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#142 - Should College Athletes Be Paid?
With Joe Nocera, Christine Brennan, Andy Schwarz, and Len Elmore
50 min
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#141 - Is Western Democracy In Danger?
With Bernard-Henri Levy, Clive Crook, Yascha Mounk, and Kori Schake
50 min
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#140 - Is the U.S. Healthcare System Terminally...
With Shannon Brownlee, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Dr. Robert Pearl, and Dr. David T. Feinberg
50 min
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#139 - Face-Off with China: Foreign Policy in t...
With Gen. David H. Petraeus, Max Boot, Ian Bremmer, Elizabeth Economy, Noah Feldman, and David Shambaugh
50 min
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How to Debate... Yourself.
One Nation Undecided: A Conversation with Peter Schuck
20 min
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A Summer Challenge: Radical Rethinking
Are you willing to change your mind on abortion? What about immigration? Education?
31 min
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The State of Debate on Capitol Hill: The Americ...
Former Congressman Mickey Edwards and Host John Donvan discuss the lost art of democratic debate in Congress.
26 min
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#138 - Your Private Data: Can Tech Companies Ke...
With Stewart Baker, Michael Chertoff, John Yoo, and Catherine Crump
51 min
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#137 - Will Video Games Make Us Smarter?
With Daphne Bavelier, Elias Aboujaoude, Asi Burak, and Walter R. Boot
50 min
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#136 - Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days
With Jamelle Bouie, Ian Bremmer, Kris Kobach, Rich Lowry, and Jennifer Rubin
55 min
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#135 - Has Walmart Been Good For America?
With John Tierney, Richard K. Vedder, Nelson Lichtenstein, Amy Traub
51 min