China's Good War, with Rana Mitter and Gideon Rachman
For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighti...
22 Sep 202051min
A Secret History of Stars, with Jo Marchant and Helen Czerski
Jo Marchant and Helen Czerski take us on a journey through humanity’s relationship with the heavens. The stars have shaped who we are - our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and...
18 Sep 202055min
The Spies Fighting Communism During the Cold War, with Scott Anderson and Hugo Lindgren
At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing – seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear – to som...
15 Sep 202049min
Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust, with Rosie Whitehouse and Edward Lucas
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ One summer’s night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had surviv...
11 Sep 202040min
Clive, Capitalism and The East India Company, with William Dalrymple and Kavita Puri
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality. For it was not the British ...
8 Sep 202056min
Taming Covid and Preventing the Next Pandemic, with Mark Honigsbaum and Sir David King
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ In this week's episode we brought together two of Britain’s most esteemed experts on global pandemics to discuss what we got wro...
4 Sep 202057min
Power, Control and Domestic Abuse, with Jess Hill and Ros Urwin
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ Every week in England and Wales, two women are killed by a current or former partner. And still we ask the question: 'Why didn't...
1 Sep 202040min
BONUS EPISODE: Shinzo Abe's Life and Legacy
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ As Japan's longest serving premier, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, steps down due to health concerns, we examine his life and legacy...
29 Aug 202043min
