The United Nations is terminally paralysed: the democratic world needs a forum of its own
In January 2009, a panel of experts came to the Intelligence Squared stage to debate the motion "The United Nations is terminally paralysed: the democratic world needs a forum of its own". Speaking fo...
24 Mar 201649min
Obama's foreign policy is a gift to America's enemies
Barack Obama’s foreign policy came under expert scrutiny in this Intelligence Squared debate from 2010, as influential hawks and doves debated whether the president’s policies have left America lookin...
18 Mar 201649min
Both Britain and the EU would be happier if they got divorced
Some people just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge that a relationship is over. Finished. Unsalvageable. David Cameron, for instance. His long awaited speech on Europe has been one big exercise in...
10 Mar 201649min
The Trouble with This Country Is the Daily Mail
"Immigrant-bashing, woman-hating, Muslim-smearing, NHS-undermining, gay-baiting”. That’s how one critic has described the Daily Mail. It depicts a world where traditional British values are under sieg...
4 Mar 20161h 2min
Umberto Eco in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
RIP Umberto Eco, bestselling Italian author and semiotician perhaps best-known for his novel 'The Name of the Rose', who sadly died aged 84 earlier this week. This week's podcast revisits our event fr...
26 Feb 20161h 2min
Defeating Isis means Western Boots on the Ground
Enough is enough. Paris, Sharm El-Sheikh, Istanbul, Jakarta. Isis is the global crucible of terrorism and must be stopped using all means available. After the Paris attacks last November, the US and i...
19 Feb 20161h 4min
The Catholic Church is Beyond Redemption: Pope Francis Cannot Save it
Mired in allegations of sexual abuse, corruption in the Vatican and the first papal resignation in six centuries, the Catholic Church is in crisis. Two thousand years of arcane methods, tired dogma an...
12 Feb 20161h 1min
Greece versus Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard
On November 19th Intelligence Squared hosted the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. It was also the ultimate clash of intellectual titans. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and ardent class...
5 Feb 20161h 3min
