The Rise of Populism and the Backlash Against the Elites, with Jonathan Haidt and Nick Clegg
What is going on in the Western democracies? From Britain’s vote for Brexit, to Donald Trump’s election victory in America and the growth of populist movements across Europe, voters are expressing the...
25 Nov 20161h 3min
No Backsliding On Brexit: Britain Should Prioritise Controlling Its Borders Over Staying In The European Single Market
Intelligence Squared brought out the big guns for our debate on what a post-referendum deal between Britain and the EU should look like. Douglas Carswell, Patrick Minford, Anna Soubry and Alexander St...
18 Nov 20161h 3min
One size doesn’t fit all: Democracy is not always the best form of government
Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. So said Winston Churchill and who would disagree? One man, one vote, the rule of law, equality and a free press. T...
11 Nov 201649min
Let Them Eat Meat: There is Nothing Wrong With Rearing and Killing Animals for Human Consumption
This event took place on the 31st of October at the Royal Institution in London. CHAIR: Afua Hirsch - Writer and broadcaster SPEAKERS FOR THE MOTION: AA Gill - The Sunday Times’s star restaurant and T...
4 Nov 20161h 3min
An Anatomy Of Truth: Conversations on Truth-Telling
Not everyone tells the truth. ‘Read my lips: no new taxes.’ ‘This isn’t going to hurt.’ ‘I see no ships, my lord.’ ‘Of course I love you.’ When can we know what to believe? Four out of five of us don’...
27 Okt 20161h 3min
Pornography is Good For Us: Without it We Would Be a Far More Repressed Society
Hooray for porn! What would we be without it? Bored, repressed, frustrated. Porn allows the timid to indulge fantasies they’d never live out in real life and the adventurous to experiment with new for...
20 Okt 20161h 2min
PJ O'Rourke on the US Presidential Clash
As Donald Trump faces Hillary Clinton in what has been one of the most vitriolic and unpredictable races in recent US election history, we were joined by America’s leading political satirist PJ O’Rour...
14 Okt 20161h 3min
The Gene: Unlocking the Human Code, with Siddhartha Mukherjee
Genetics has revolutionised not just how we think of biology but how we think of ourselves. We are, in the words of one geneticist, the first organism that has ‘learned to read its own instructions’. ...
7 Okt 20161h 3min
