Spies, Communism and the Battle to Win the Cold War, with Scott Anderson
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25 Elo 202252min
Too Woke? How Society's Best Intentions Could Be Betraying Black America, with John McWhorter
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22 Elo 20221h 2min
The Sunday Debate: Prosecute Trump
On January 6 2021 a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S Capitol seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. Rioters overran police and broke through windows chanting ‘stop the steal’ while th...
21 Elo 202255min
Engineering for Change, with Will Butler-Adams
With the climate crisis mounting, cycling is often touted as being part of the solution for how we can make our cities less congested, more green and generally more pleasant places to be. The unmistak...
19 Elo 202248min
Afghanistan After The Withdrawal: What Lessons Have We Learned?
One year ago the United States decided to withdraw from Afghanistan after two decades in the country. The Taliban, a militant Islamist group that ran most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, swept to po...
17 Elo 20221h 5min
Salman Rushdie: Touchstones with Razia Iqbal
For this archive episode from 2021, journalist and BBC News broadcaster Razia Iqbal is joined by the acclaimed author Salman Rushdie to discuss his cultural touchstones. The conversation focuses on to...
15 Elo 202257min
The Sunday Debate: The Bittersweet Truth About What We Eat
To unpack the truth behind the often confusing information about the food we eat, in this archive discussion from 2017, Intelligence Squared brought together some of the world’s leading experts on the...
14 Elo 20221h 5min
Western Intervention and the Rise of Guerrilla Warfare, with David Kilcullen
This month will mark a year since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021 and the chaotic withdrawal of western forces from Afghanistan. In this archive discussion from 2020, we discuss the natur...
12 Elo 202255min
