The Sunday Debate: Is COP26 a turning point for the planet?
This debate, recorded on Thursday 28th October 2021, was part of Energised, a debate series from Intelligence Squared in partnership with Iberdrola, a leading company in the field of renewable energy....
30 Okt 202145min
COP26: Everything you need to know
With the devastating effects of the climate emergency becoming more urgent by the day, the COP26 summit in Glasgow now represents a pivotal moment in global cooperation on the issue. Can anything mean...
29 Okt 202135min
Mary Beard on Images of Power from the Ancient to the Modern World
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of figures we deplore? In October 2021 Mary Beard, Britain’s best known classicist, came to ...
26 Okt 20211h
Business Weekly: Richard Branson on a Life of Entrepreneurship
In this week's Business Weekly, Samira Ahmed speaks to business mogul Sir Richard Branson about becoming a serial entrepreneur developing the Virgin brand, signing some of the biggest names in music a...
25 Okt 202144min
The Sunday Debate: Should the West pay Reparations for Slavery?
Should there be a broad programme of reparations – not just financial compensation, but acknowledgement of the crimes committed and the lasting damage caused by slavery? Or would this just worsen soci...
24 Okt 20211h 6min
The Untold Story of African Europeans, with Olivette Otele
The history of Africans in Europe may seem recent – a result of migration in the 20th and 21st centuries – but in her new book, African Europeans, historian Olivette Otele tells a very different story...
22 Okt 202153min
Empire of Pain: Sacklers, Opioids and the Sickening of America
How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people? In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain,...
19 Okt 202148min
Business Weekly: No Bullsh*t Leadership with Jimmy Wales
Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Square...
18 Okt 202135min
