Effective Altruism: A Better Way to Lead an Ethical Life
Almost all of us want to make a difference in our lives. So we give to charity, recycle, volunteer, or cut down our carbon emissions. But are we getting it right? In a world where ever more data is av...
4 Joulu 20151h 3min
The Great European Refugees And Migrants Debate
Europe is gripped by the biggest migrant crisis since the Second World War. The parallels with that earlier crisis are hard to avoid. When in 1938 tens of thousands were fleeing Nazi Germany, not a si...
27 Marras 20151h 4min
Fight Your Own Battles: Foreign powers shouldn't intervene in the Middle East
Filmed at Sadler's Wells on 17th July 2013. Speaking for the motion were Palestinian-American writer, human rights campaigner and political commentator Susan Abulhawa and Former British Ambassador to ...
18 Marras 20151h 4min
The Nuclear Deal With Iran Won't Make the World a Safer Place
What’s not to like? The deal reached between Iran and six world powers in July is a major diplomatic breakthrough. In exchange for Tehran halting its nuclear weapons programme, the West will lift the ...
12 Marras 20151h 5min
Karl Ove Knausgaard: The Alchemist of the Ordinary
Novelists worship him. Critics fall over themselves to explain his genius. His celebrity fans say his books are like drugs. ‘I just read 200 pages and I need the next volume like crack. It’s completel...
6 Marras 20151h 3min
The Art of Political Power, with Robert Caro and William Hague
Every industry has its guru. And when it comes to the dark arts of political statecraft, the American biographer Robert Caro is the mentor politicians turn to for guidance. His biography of President ...
30 Loka 20151h 4min
China picks better leaders than the West
As Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the UK for a four-day state visit and David Cameron hails a "golden era" in the relationship between the two countries, we revisit the Intelligence Squared Asia ...
23 Loka 20151h 1min
Niall Ferguson: Henry Kissinger Reappraised, with Andrew Roberts
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. To the late Christopher Hitchens he was a war criminal who should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. To his admirer...
16 Loka 20151h 4min
