The Saudi Project, Part Two: The Dubai Model
In this excerpt from Intelligence Squared's new podcast, The Saudi Project, Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism and Professor of History at Wellesley College, discusses how the development ...
23 Marras 20239min
The Saudi Project, Part One: The Birth of a Nation
For the first episode of Intelligence Squared's new podcast, The Saudi Project, Saudi Arabian professor of social anthropology and author of Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia,...
22 Marras 202319min
Mary Beard And Rory Stewart On Power And Politics, Part Two
This is Part Two of a three-episode discussion. Who gets to win power and how do they keep it – and lose it? These are the questions that Mary Beard and Rory Stewart addressed when they came to Intell...
20 Marras 202337min
Mary Beard And Rory Stewart On Power And Politics, Part One
Who gets to win power and how do they keep it – and lose it? These are the questions that Mary Beard and Rory Stewart addressed when they came to Intelligence Squared on in November 2023. Beard, Brita...
19 Marras 202340min
How Jane Austen Changed My Life
Helen Fielding, creator of the Bridget Jones novels and films, and Gill Hornby, author of the bestseller Miss Austen, join Sotheby’s books specialist Kalika Sands and novelist Kate Mosse for a convers...
17 Marras 202351min
The Epic Reach of Homer's Iliad
Robin Lane Fox, the classicist, ancient historian and also green-fingered gardening writer, discusses his most recent book: Homer and His Iliad. The Iliad, and epic poem written by the ancient Greek p...
15 Marras 202347min
The Identity Trap of Modern Politics
For this episode, Yascha Mounk, the writer and political scientist discusses his recent book The Identity Trap, which explores what Mounk refers to as the modern world’s counterproductive obsession wi...
13 Marras 202335min
Monsters and Masterpieces: Art in the Age of #MeToo
Can we love the art of monstrous men? Can we truly separate the art from the artist? To answer these questions author and critic Claire Dederer came to Intelligence Squared to discuss the debate, whic...
12 Marras 202332min
