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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 202255min
An Honest Life, with Micheal Leviton
In an era of fake news and 'alternative facts', the issue of truth and how it is presented to the world has never been more timely. But on a personal level, things are less clear cut. We all tell whit...
10 Aug 202240min
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, with Reni Eddo-Lodge
Reni Eddo-Lodge, the journalist, podcaster and author of essential book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, joins columnist, author and academic Gary Younge in conversation. As the ...
8 Aug 20221h 2min
The Sunday Debate: If You Believe You are a Citizen of the World, You are a Citizen of Nowhere
In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect on the concept of nationhood, nationality and the impact of former UK Prime Mini...
7 Aug 20221h 6min
Shinzo Abe's Legacy and Japan's Future, with Satona Suzuki and Jeff Kingston
Japan's recently assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe was a leader who leaves behind a complex legacy. Internationally, he strengthened Japan's relationship with the US in ways unseen before....
5 Aug 202238min
