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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#197 - Is Amazon Good for Small Business?
with Mark Jamison, Kunal Chopra, Rana Foroohar, and Stacy Mitchell
50 min
127
Agree to Disagree: Meritocracy
with Daniel Markovits and Adrian Wooldridge
50 min
128
#196 - Is Cancel Culture Toxic?
with Kmele Foster, Garry Kasparov, Erich Hatala Matthes, and Karen Attiah
50 min
129
Agree to Disagree: Booster Shots
with Vin Gupta and Leana Wen
50 min
130
Agree to Disagree: Cyber War and Hacker Ransoms
with David Sanger, Michael Daniel, and Jen Ellis
50 min
131
#195 - Should We Expand the Supreme Court?
with Tamara Brummer, Dahlia Lithwick, Carter Phillips, and Akhil Reed Amar
50 min
132
#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?
with Rajan Menon, Nile Gardiner, Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, and Angela Kane
50 min
133
Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better
with Mark Zandi and Michael Strain
50 min
134
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandate...
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
135
Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan
with Ahmed Rashid, Dan Markey, and Kori Schake
50 min
136
Debate Roundup: America's Guns
46 min
137
#193 - Has the New York Times Lost Its Way?
with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Yascha Mounk, Frank Sesno, and Virginia Heffernan
50 min
138
Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
with Robert Reich, Yanis Varoufakis, Allison Schrager, and Lawrence Summers
50 min
139
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
140
The State of Debate: An Intelligence Squared Ro...
with Clea Conner, Nick Gillespie, and Robert Litan
67 min
141
Ray Dalio on How To Change Your Mind
with Ray Dalio
50 min
142
Is Bitcoin More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay?
with Patrick Byrne, Tim Draper, Eric Posner, and Gillian Tett
52 min
143
Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism?
with Bret Stephens, Einat Wilf, Peter Beinart, and Yousef Munayyer
50 min
144
#192 - Is Taiwan Indefensible?
with Lyle J. Goldstein, Charlie Glaser, Elbridge Colby, and Elizabeth Larus
50 min
145
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Passports
50 min
146
#191 - Should We Legalize Psychedelics?
with Rick Doblin, Bia Labate, Jeffrey Lieberman and Kevin Sabet
50 min
147
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Patents
with Brook Baker and Thomas Cueni
50 min
148
#190 - Should We Forgive Student Debt?
with Beth Akers, Nick Gillespie, Ashley Harrington, and Dalié Jiménez
50 min
149
Agree to Disagree: The Filibuster
44 min
150
Agree to Disagree: Slavery Reparations
with Cornell William Brooks and Randall LeRoy Kennedy
50 min