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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Is Taiwan Indefensible?
50 min
152
Are Primary Elections Ruining Democracy?
51 min
153
Is It Time to End Qualified Immunity for Cops?
50 min
154
Do Unions Work For The Economy?
51 min
155
Should Paying Hacker Ransoms Be Illegal?
50 min
156
Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?
with George Church, Amy Webb, Marcy Darnovsky, and Françoise Baylis
50 min
157
Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?
with Aruna D'Souza and Randy Cohen
51 min
158
Is Amazon Good for Small Business?
with Mark Jamison, Kunal Chopra, Rana Foroohar, and Stacy Mitchell
50 min
159
Long Live The British Monarchy?
with Graham Smith and Phillip Blond
50 min
160
Should We Search for Extraterrestrial Life?
with Jill Tarter and Paul M. Sutter
51 min
161
Will AI Do More Harm Than Good?
with Daron Acemoglu and Darrell West
51 min
162
Should The SAT Be Erased?
with Sheryll Cashin and Freddie DeBoer
50 min
163
Is Cancel Culture Toxic?
50 min
164
Should Trump Be Indicted?
with Barbara Comstock and Tom Ginsburg
50 min
165
Should We Eat More Processed Foods?
with Amy Webb, Michael Gibney, Kevin Hall and Marion Nestle
50 min
166
Should We Forgive Student Debt?
with Caitlin Zaloom, Mehrsa Baradaran, Beth Akers and Nick Gillespie
50 min
167
Should We Isolate Russia?
with Michael McFaul, Radan Kanev, Emma Ashford and Jonas Shaende
50 min
168
Agree to Disagree: Can the Fed Manage a Soft La...
with Dean Baker and Yeva Nersisyan
50 min
169
We Should Expand the Supreme Court
with Dahlia Lithwick, Tamara Brummer, Carter Phillips, and Akhil Reed Amar
50 min
170
Humans Can Adapt to Climate Change
with Bjorn Lomberg, Michael Shellenberger, Kaveh Madani and Michele Wucker
50 min
171
Debate Like a World Champion: A Conversation wi...
with Bo Seo
50 min
172
Should Society Legalize Psychedelics?
with Rick Doblin, Bia Labate, Jeffrey Lieberman and Kevin Sabet
50 min
173
Agree to Disagree: Does Your Electric Vehicle H...
with Britta Gross and Jonathan Lesser
50 min
174
Agree to Disagree: Can Small Investors Beat The...
with Spencer Jakab and Tom Sosnoff
50 min
175
Agree to Disagree: Is It Right to End Roe?
with Sarah Isgur and Mary Ziegler
52 min