James Barr and Catherine Philp on the Secret British-American Rivalry in the Middle East
In this week’s episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast, the historian and author of Lords of the Desert James Barr sat down with Times journalist Catherine Philp to reveal the the story of the hid...
2 Nov 20181h 3min
Kate Raworth and Matthew Taylor on Rethinking Economics For The 21st Century
In this week’s episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast, Oxford economist and author of Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth sat down with Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, to discuss her tran...
26 Okt 201847min
Mistaken Identities: The Conflict Over Culture, Class, Gender and Nation with Kwame Anthony Appiah and John Gray
Race, religion and identity are being talked about as never before. While minority groups raise their voices for recognition and inclusion, others feel that their culture is being eroded. In these inc...
19 Okt 20181h 2min
Dickens vs Tolstoy: The Battle Of The Great 19th-century Novelists PART 1
Dickens. Tolstoy. Their names and reputations shake the ground – and so do their books, if you drop one. But whose legacy is more enduring? Whose vision truer and more relevant today? Should you embar...
12 Okt 201837min
Peter Biskind and Helen Lewis on Vampires, Zombies, X-Men and Political Extremism
In this Intelligence Squared podcast we were joined by Peter Biskind, cultural critic and author of The Sky Is Falling, alongside the New Statesman's Helen Lewis, in an examination of how popular cult...
5 Okt 201851min
Tristan Harris and Helen Lewis on how tech has hijacked our brains
In this episode of Intelligence Squared we were joined by Tristan Harris, former design ethicist at Google in conversation with the New Statesman's Helen Lewis, as they discussed the threat that techn...
28 Sep 201851min
Mariana Mazzucato and Stella Creasy on Making and Taking in the Global Economy, PART 1
In this two-part episode recorded in 2018, economist and author Mariana Mazzucato discusses her book, The Value of Everything, with UK Labour MP Stella Creasy. It's a wide-ranging discussion looking a...
21 Sep 201830min
Jeremy Corbyn Is Unfit To Be Prime Minister
When Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership he was shrugged off as an unelectable oddball in a scruffy suit who would doom Labour to certain defeat. But last year’s shock election result forces us al...
14 Sep 20181h 5min
