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 Jul 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 Jul 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 Jul 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 Jul 202339min
Should the ICC Prosecute Putin?
On the 17th March 2023, just over a year into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the International Criminal Court issued two arrest warrants. One for Vladimir Putin and one for Maria Lvova-Belova, whose title i...
23 Jul 202332min
Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 2
For the second part of our conversation between cognitive psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker and academic and podcaster David Runciman, who teaches politics and history at Cambridge Uni...
20 Jul 202328min
Steven Pinker and David Runciman on Optimism, Enlightenment and Progress PART 1
For this edition, Intelligence Squared revisits a compelling discussion from 2019 with one of the world's foremost cognitive psychologists, Steven Pinker, whose work often focuses on language, the min...
19 Jul 202325min
How To Break The Internet (in 5 Hacks)
Yale Law professor Scott Shapiro takes us on an exhilarating journey through the world of cybercrime and hacking, unraveling the captivating stories behind five extraordinary hacks that have left an i...
19 Jul 202337min
