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.)

Education
Government
Politics
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Agree to Disagree: Ukraine
with Kurt Volker and Emma Ashford
50 min
102
#199 - Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Bette...
with George Church, Amy Webb, Marcy Darnovsky, and Françoise Baylis
50 min
103
Agree to Disagree: Is True Love a Myth?
with Daniel Jones, Helen Fisher, and Renae Franiuk
50 min
104
#198 - Is America Retreating from Global Leader...
with William Kristol, Mary Beth Long, Kori Schake, and Vikram Singh
50 min
105
IQ2 Conversation: A New University Offers "Forb...
with Pano Kanelos and Niall Ferguson
64 min
106
The Pandemic: Year-In-Review
45 min
107
#197 - Is Amazon Good for Small Business?
with Mark Jamison, Kunal Chopra, Rana Foroohar, and Stacy Mitchell
50 min
108
Agree to Disagree: Meritocracy
with Daniel Markovits and Adrian Wooldridge
50 min
109
#196 - Is Cancel Culture Toxic?
with Kmele Foster, Garry Kasparov, Erich Hatala Matthes, and Karen Attiah
50 min
110
Agree to Disagree: Booster Shots
with Vin Gupta and Leana Wen
50 min
111
Agree to Disagree: Cyber War and Hacker Ransoms
with David Sanger, Michael Daniel, and Jen Ellis
50 min
112
#195 - Should We Expand the Supreme Court?
with Tamara Brummer, Dahlia Lithwick, Carter Phillips, and Akhil Reed Amar
50 min
113
#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?
with Rajan Menon, Nile Gardiner, Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, and Angela Kane
50 min
114
Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better
with Mark Zandi and Michael Strain
50 min
115
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandate...
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
116
Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan
with Ahmed Rashid, Dan Markey, and Kori Schake
50 min
117
Debate Roundup: America's Guns
46 min
118
#193 - Has the New York Times Lost Its Way?
with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Yascha Mounk, Frank Sesno, and Virginia Heffernan
50 min
119
Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
with Robert Reich, Yanis Varoufakis, Allison Schrager, and Lawrence Summers
50 min
120
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
121
The State of Debate: An Intelligence Squared Ro...
with Clea Conner, Nick Gillespie, and Robert Litan
67 min
122
Ray Dalio on How To Change Your Mind
with Ray Dalio
50 min
123
Is Bitcoin More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay?
with Patrick Byrne, Tim Draper, Eric Posner, and Gillian Tett
52 min
124
Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism?
with Bret Stephens, Einat Wilf, Peter Beinart, and Yousef Munayyer
50 min
125
#192 - Is Taiwan Indefensible?
with Lyle J. Goldstein, Charlie Glaser, Elbridge Colby, and Elizabeth Larus
50 min