Beware of the dragon: Africa should not look to China
We all know that the Chinese are the neo-colonialists of Africa. They've plundered the continent of its natural resources, tossing aside any concern for human rights and doing deals with some of the w...
23 Des 20141h 40min
Umberto Eco In Conversation With Paul Holdengräber
The persistence of conspiracies. Grasping the infinity of lists. Writing fiction about the real. The future of books. These are some of the topics Umberto Eco discussed with Paul Holdengräber, Direct...
18 Des 20141h 33min
Brian Cox & Alice Roberts on the Incredible Unlikeliness of Human Existence
Who are we? Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? How did we become the creatures that we are? How might we further evolve? These are some of the big questions that Brian Cox and Alice Rober...
11 Des 20141h 29min
P.J. O'Rourke: The Funniest Man in America
P.J. O'Rourke is America's premier political satirist and has more citations in The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations than any other living writer. In this live appearance for Intelligence Squ...
4 Des 20141h 32min
I'd rather Be a Roundhead than a Cavalier
In the 1640s England was devastated by a civil war that divided the nation into two tribes – Roundheads and Cavaliers. Counties, towns, even families and friends were rent apart as the nation pledged ...
26 Nov 20141h 30min
David Grossman in conversation with Linda Grant
One of Israel’s most acclaimed writers, David Grossman is the author of numerous pieces of fiction, nonfiction and children's literature. His work has dealt with Jewish history, the occupation of the ...
20 Nov 20141h 28min
Psychiatrists & the pharma industry are to blame for the current ‘epidemic’ of mental disorders
Drug pushers. We tend to associate them with the bleak underworld of criminality. But some would argue that there’s another class of drug pushers, just as unscrupulous, who work in the highly respecta...
13 Nov 20141h 34min
William Gibson on 'Zero History' with Cory Doctorow
On 5th October 2010, Intelligence Squared paired author William Gibson with popular blogger and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow in a wide-ranging conversation that gives a fascinating insight int...
7 Nov 20141h 18min
