Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan
The Taliban have won. Twenty years after the 2001 invasion, the U.S.-backed government in Kabul has fallen. The Afghan president has fled. Taliban leadership, which ran the country in the late 1990s, ...
21 Aug 202153min
Debate Roundup: America's Guns
Gun violence is surging. Despite lockdowns and social distancing, 2020 ended up as one of America’s most violent years in decades. 2021 is following a similar path. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has ...
13 Aug 202150min
#193 - Has the New York Times Lost Its Way?
What's happening at The New York Times? The paper of record is under fire. Critics argue it has sacrificed journalistic and intellectual balance in favor of correcting historic inequalities. In the pr...
30 Juli 202153min
Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?
Economic inequality has become a linchpin of modern politics. As nations around the world face a reckoning on racial and social justice and work to combat the economic impacts of the pandemic, we ask:...
16 Juli 202153min
Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates
As more and more Americans become vaccinated, schools, employers, and health care facilities are facing a tough decision: Will they require students, employees, and care givers to get the jab? Those w...
2 Juli 202152min
The State of Debate: An Intelligence Squared Roundtable
Generally, it is good practice for any individual or organization to occasionally step back and evaluate a few big picture items. But when that review is sparked by a pandemic and real uncertainties a...
25 Juni 20211h 10min
Ray Dalio on How To Change Your Mind
How do you know that you’re right? Modern business, politics, and even culture, tend to favor strident opinions and decisive action. To “flip flop” may then be construed as ineptitude, or even weaknes...
18 Juni 202151min
Is Bitcoin More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay?
Is Bitcoin here to stay? Cryptocurrencies hold the promise of revolutionizing global finance by placing control in the hands of users, not nations, and making financial exchanges more transparent, eff...
4 Juni 202154min
