Seeking Refuge in a Hostile World, with Sally Hayden
Over four million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began. The support for Ukranians has been compassionate and heartwarming but it has also raised questions about why those fleeing Nor...
4 Apr 202250min
The Sunday Debate: Hydrogen, the green ‘silver bullet’ or a lot of hype?
How we save the planet is clear: we need to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees in order to avoid doing irreversible damage. But exactly what should we do to reduce damaging ...
3 Apr 20221h 1min
Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback, with Laurie Penny
We are in an era of crisis, collapse, and reactionary tyrants, argues Laurie Penny, but we are also witnessing a transformation: a revolutionary change in how we define gender, sex, consent and whose ...
1 Apr 202255min
The World for Sale, with Javier Blas and Jack Farchy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has laid bare the West’s reliance on Russian oil and gas. Around 40 per cent of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, while some 7 per cent of US oil is Russian. Journalists Jav...
30 Mar 202241min
How Britain became Butler to the World, with Oliver Bullough
Bestselling investigative journalist Oliver Bullough discusses his recent book, Butler to the World, which details how Britain became a favoured destination for funnelling the finances of oligarchs an...
28 Mar 202241min
The Sunday Debate: Iran Is Not Our Enemy
In this debate from the Intelligence Squared archive, we head back to 2020, when we invited journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, academic and writer Azadeh Moaveni, the Saudi political analyst Salm...
27 Mar 20221h 3min
Reflections on Black Consciousness: Lewis Gordon and Paul Gilroy in conversation
Professor Lewis Gordon is a leading philosopher and Department Head at the University of Connecticut who believes that intellectual thought matters as much as political activism in the struggle to ach...
26 Mar 202248min
The Animal Queendom: Rethinking Zoology, with Lucy Cooke
In his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin cast the female animal as passive, coy, monogamous and submissive: in other words, in the shape of a Victorian housewife. Meanwhile the male animal became th...
23 Mar 202240min
