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
Rutger Bregman on Human Kindness in a Frightened World with Helen Lewis
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. From Hobbes’ theory about the state of nature t...
28 Aug 20201h
Dark Money and Dirty Politics, with Peter Geoghegan and Nick Cohen
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ Democracy is in crisis, and unaccountable and untraceable flows of money are helping to destroy it. According to Peter Geoghegan...
25 Aug 202042min
The Hidden Power of Caste, with Isabel Wilkerson and Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. -------- Race, class, gender. These are the categories that are commonly thought to define our lives. But Pulitzer Prize-winning autho...
21 Aug 202058min
Ghost Ships and Geopolitics, with Ian Urbina and Ros Urwin
Ian Urbina, investigative reporter of The New York Times for 17 years returns to the podcast to discuss a new investigation, which he believes to uncover the largest known case of illegal fishing perp...
18 Aug 202035min
