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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Long Live The British Monarchy?
with Graham Smith and Phillip Blond
50 min
152
Should We Search for Extraterrestrial Life?
with Jill Tarter and Paul M. Sutter
51 min
153
Will AI Do More Harm Than Good?
with Daron Acemoglu and Darrell West
51 min
154
Should The SAT Be Erased?
with Sheryll Cashin and Freddie DeBoer
50 min
155
Is Cancel Culture Toxic?
50 min
156
Should Trump Be Indicted?
with Barbara Comstock and Tom Ginsburg
50 min
157
Should We Eat More Processed Foods?
with Amy Webb, Michael Gibney, Kevin Hall and Marion Nestle
50 min
158
Should We Forgive Student Debt?
with Caitlin Zaloom, Mehrsa Baradaran, Beth Akers and Nick Gillespie
50 min
159
Should We Isolate Russia?
with Michael McFaul, Radan Kanev, Emma Ashford and Jonas Shaende
50 min
160
Agree to Disagree: Can the Fed Manage a Soft La...
with Dean Baker and Yeva Nersisyan
50 min
161
We Should Expand the Supreme Court
with Dahlia Lithwick, Tamara Brummer, Carter Phillips, and Akhil Reed Amar
50 min
162
Humans Can Adapt to Climate Change
with Bjorn Lomberg, Michael Shellenberger, Kaveh Madani and Michele Wucker
50 min
163
Debate Like a World Champion: A Conversation wi...
with Bo Seo
50 min
164
Should Society Legalize Psychedelics?
with Rick Doblin, Bia Labate, Jeffrey Lieberman and Kevin Sabet
50 min
165
Agree to Disagree: Does Your Electric Vehicle H...
with Britta Gross and Jonathan Lesser
50 min
166
Agree to Disagree: Can Small Investors Beat The...
with Spencer Jakab and Tom Sosnoff
50 min
167
Agree to Disagree: Is It Right to End Roe?
with Sarah Isgur and Mary Ziegler
52 min
168
It's Time to Expand Nuclear Power
with Kirsty Gogan, Daniel Poneman, Gregory B. Jaczko, Arjun Makhijani, and Bill Nye
50 min
169
Thinking Again with Adam Grant: The Power of De...
with Adam Grant
50 min
170
#200 - Are Big Cities Past Their Prime?
with Joel Kotkin, Jennifer Hernandez, Edward Glaeser, and Margaret O'Mara
50 min
171
Agree to Disagree: Is It Time to End the Covid ...
with John Tierney and Enbal Shacham
33 min
172
Agree to Disagree: Ukraine
with Kurt Volker and Emma Ashford
50 min
173
#199 - Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Bette...
with George Church, Amy Webb, Marcy Darnovsky, and Françoise Baylis
50 min
174
Agree to Disagree: Is True Love a Myth?
with Daniel Jones, Helen Fisher, and Renae Franiuk
50 min
175
#198 - Is America Retreating from Global Leader...
with William Kristol, Mary Beth Long, Kori Schake, and Vikram Singh
50 min