The Networks of History, with Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson is the preeminent historian of the ideas that define our time. He has challenged how we think about money, power, civilisation and empires. Now he wants to reimagine history itself. Net...
2 Elo 20231h 2min
The Futureverse: The Risk-Takers, with Simon Reeve and Christina Lamb
Not many of us can claim to have hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari; been detained for spying by the KGB; or smuggled ourselves over a border into an active war zone under the floorboards of an a...
31 Heinä 202343min
Humanity's Thousand Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
In the Middle Ages, agricultural advancements enriched the nobility and the Church, which used the wealth generated to build themselves magnificent houses and cathedrals, while the peasants went hungr...
31 Heinä 202339min
The Elders, with Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu: Part 2
The second part of our conversation from 2012 with The Elders, a coalition of world leaders and figureheads freed from the constraints of office whose wealth of experience can open doors at the highes...
29 Heinä 202337min
The Elders, with Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson: Part 1
In 2012, Intelligence Squared partnered with The Elders, a coalition of world leaders and figureheads freed from the constraints of office whose wealth of experience can open doors at the highest leve...
28 Heinä 202332min
Willem Dafoe on Artistry and Adventure - Part 2
In this episode we're bringing you part two of a live recording from our Intelligent Times event series which took place in collaboration with The New York Times. Recorded in 2019, award winning actor...
28 Heinä 202328min
Willem Dafoe on Artistry and Adventure - Part 1
In this episode we're bringing you a live recording from our Intelligent Times event series which took place in collaboration with The New York Times. Recorded in 2019, award winning actor Willem Dafo...
26 Heinä 202338min
The Handshake: A Gripping History
Friends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich a...
23 Heinä 202339min
