John Gray and David Runciman on Finding Meaning in a Post-Liberal World
John Gray is one of the UK’s most important and influential political thinkers. Sceptical of ideas about progress and the perfectibility of human nature, he is an arch critic of liberalism, believing ...
21 Sep 202336min
Politics in the Age of Chaos with Rafael Behr
Do you ever turn away from the news in despair? Do you scroll through social media and come away feeling angry, frustrated and fearful? Have you given up on the idea that a level of sanity might ever ...
20 Sep 202337min
Trash Talk: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away
Award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis has spent the last number of years investigating the global waste industry. In June 2023 he came to Intelligence Squared to tell us the truth about Brit...
17 Sep 202340min
Debate: The Battle for the Countryside, with George Monbiot and Rory Stewart
We tend to think of these uplands as ‘wild’ and ‘natural’. But in fact, as the rewilders point out, they are entirely man-made, the result of clearances by man to make way for millions of sheep whose ...
16 Sep 20231h 4min
No Bullsh*t Leadership: Sir Nicholas Hytner
In this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared, Chris Hirst cuts through the bullsh*t and gets to the heart of modern leadership. For this episode, Chris speaks to theatre dir...
14 Sep 202340min
How Extremists are Taking Over
Accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change, extremist ideas are becoming more widespread: QAnon proponents run for U.S. Congress, neo-fascists win elections in Europe an...
12 Sep 202336min
David Baddiel: The Reluctant Atheist, Part 2
This is the second instalment of a three-part episode. David Baddiel would love there to be a God. The comedian and bestselling author has spent a lot of time fantasising about how much better life wo...
10 Sep 202339min
David Baddiel: The Reluctant Atheist, Part 1
David Baddiel would love there to be a God. The comedian and bestselling author has spent a lot of time fantasising about how much better life would be if there actually were a supreme being – which f...
9 Sep 202337min
