Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War
For this week's Sunday Debate, we're dipping back into the archive to 2014, when we gathered a panel of expert historians to debate whether Britain was right to fight in the First World War, a tragedy...
2 Apr 20231h 33min
Emily Ratajkowski on Feminism, Capitalism, and Exploitation
Samira Ahmed speaks to model and actress Emily Ratajkowski. Together they discuss her rise to fame after appearing in the music video for the controversial song ‘Blurred Lines’, as well as the fraught...
1 Apr 202339min
Anaximander: the Ancient World’s Most Radical Scientific Thinker
Carlo Rovelli is one of the world’s best-known scientists. A theoretical physicist, his books have sold over two million copies around the world. He recently came to Intelligence Squared to talk about...
31 Mar 202358min
Is Gene Editing The Next Great Health Revolution? Part II
Ever since the discovery of DNA scientists have been on a quest to understand the secrets of the human genome. This quest has not only involved analysing the role genes play in making us who we are – ...
30 Mar 202333min
Is Gene Editing The Next Great Health Revolution? Part I
Ever since the discovery of DNA scientists have been on a quest to understand the secrets of the human genome. This quest has not only involved analysing the role genes play in making us who we are – ...
29 Mar 202354min
Jude Law: On Typecasts, Character Acting, and London Theatre
Samira Ahmed speaks to Academy Award-nominated actor Jude Law. They speak about his life and career, skipping school to go to the cinema in London as a teenager, his foray into acting, and the wide ra...
27 Mar 202342min
The World Needs Religion Even if it Doesn't Need God
This is not a debate of religion vs. secularism. This is a debate about where and how the values in life are found, produced, and experienced. Some would argue that atheism has gone too far and there ...
26 Mar 20231h 23min
Margaret MacMillan on How War Has Shaped Humanity
War - Do we care enough? In this episode, distinguished historian Margaret MacMillan explains why we should care about war and how it’s profoundly impacted our societies, political institutions, value...
25 Mar 202354min
