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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#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?
with Rajan Menon, Nile Gardiner, Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, and Angela Kane
50 min
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Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better
with Mark Zandi and Michael Strain
50 min
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Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandate...
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
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Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan
with Ahmed Rashid, Dan Markey, and Kori Schake
50 min
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Debate Roundup: America's Guns
46 min
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#193 - Has the New York Times Lost Its Way?
with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Yascha Mounk, Frank Sesno, and Virginia Heffernan
50 min
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Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
with Robert Reich, Yanis Varoufakis, Allison Schrager, and Lawrence Summers
50 min
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Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates
with Michael J. Anderson and Lawrence Gostin
50 min
209
The State of Debate: An Intelligence Squared Ro...
with Clea Conner, Nick Gillespie, and Robert Litan
67 min
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Ray Dalio on How To Change Your Mind
with Ray Dalio
50 min
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Is Bitcoin More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay?
with Patrick Byrne, Tim Draper, Eric Posner, and Gillian Tett
52 min
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Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism?
with Bret Stephens, Einat Wilf, Peter Beinart, and Yousef Munayyer
50 min
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#192 - Is Taiwan Indefensible?
with Lyle J. Goldstein, Charlie Glaser, Elbridge Colby, and Elizabeth Larus
50 min
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Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Passports
50 min
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#191 - Should We Legalize Psychedelics?
with Rick Doblin, Bia Labate, Jeffrey Lieberman and Kevin Sabet
50 min
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Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Patents
with Brook Baker and Thomas Cueni
50 min
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#190 - Should We Forgive Student Debt?
with Beth Akers, Nick Gillespie, Ashley Harrington, and Dalié Jiménez
50 min
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Agree to Disagree: The Filibuster
44 min
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Agree to Disagree: Slavery Reparations
with Cornell William Brooks and Randall LeRoy Kennedy
50 min
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#189 - Has the GOP Lost Its Way?
With Carlos Curbelo, Ben Domenech, Jeff Flake and Kimberley Strassel
50 min
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Agree to Disagree: Sex with Robots (Valentine's...
with Joanna Bryson and Kate Devlin
50 min
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Agree to Disagree: Identity Politics
With Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorte
63 min
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#188 - For the Last Four Years, America Got the...
50 min
224
Is America Still A Model for the World?
57 min
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Helen Fisher on How Genes Affect Your Politics
50 min