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Intelligence Squared
Ideas shape the world. Intelligence Squared brings you the conversations that explain them. In every episode, we bring together leading thinkers, writers, scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs, to challenge assumptions, test ideas and…
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- How Has Living With Animals Shaped Our Brains? With Michael Bond
- The Specialist | From Canvas to Canon: Joan Mitchell’s King of Spades, with Courtney Kremers
- Why Are Ancient Myths Resurfacing in Modern Britain? With Zakia Sewell
- Sex, Gender and Christianity: A 3,000 Year History, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Mary Beard (Part Two)
- Sex, Gender and Christianity: A 3,000 Year History, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Mary Beard (Part One)
- Is the Russia–Ukraine War a Failure of Strategy? With Lawrence Freedman
- What Is Really at Stake at the North Pole? With Neil Shea
- Sotheby's Talks | How Do Objects Achieve Iconic Status, with Grayson Perry and Xa Sturgis
- Fiona Hill: The World in 2026 (Part Two)
- Fiona Hill: The World in 2026 (Part One)
- How has American hubris shaped Iran? With Scott Anderson
- What Does It Take to Run Goldman Sachs During a Meltdown? With Former CEO Lloyd Blankfein
- CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Trump, Iran and the World in 2026 (Part Two)
- CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Trump, Iran and the World in 2026 (Part One)
- Fatima Bhutto on Grief, Survival, and the Life-Affirming Love of Canine Companions
- Are Lithium and Cobalt the New Oil? The Elements of Power, with Nicolas Niarchos
- The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson on Afghanistan: An American Catastrophe (Part Two)
- The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson on Afghanistan: An American Catastrophe (Part One)
- The Specialist | Jackie O's Faux Pearls, with Frank Everett
- Could Silicon Valley Billionaires Cure Aging? With Aleks Krotoski
- Will AI Design New Organisms From Scratch? With Adrian Woolfson
- Is it Game Over for Keir Starmer? Martin Wolf for The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook 2026 (Part Two)
- Is it Game Over for Keir Starmer? Martin Wolf for The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook 2026 (Part One)
- Fascism, Exile, and Redefining Home in the 21st Century, with Ece Temelkuran
- Why Changing How You Breathe Can Transform Your Health, with James Nestor