#139 - Face-Off with China: Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
Special: "Unresolved" Debate Format Against the backdrop of North Korea's nuclear advances and escalating regional tensions, we ask: How should the U.S. respond to its most urgent national security th...
20 Sep 201753min
How to Debate... Yourself.
Think about your most strongly held political belief. How did you arrive at your position? What experiences, information, or opinions influenced you? In the final installment of our summer podcast ser...
30 Aug 201723min
A Summer Challenge: Radical Rethinking
Here at Intelligence Squared U.S., we love a good argument – almost as much as we love an audience willing to change its mind. So when the New York Times’ David Leonhardt challenged Americans to do ju...
9 Aug 201731min
The State of Debate on Capitol Hill: The American Health Care Act
Mickey Edwards, former member of Congress for 16 years, and vice president and program director at the Aspen Institute, recalls a more civil time in American politics, when both Democrats and Republic...
27 Juni 201728min
#138 - Your Private Data: Can Tech Companies Keep it from the Law?
Motion: Tech Companies Should Be Required To Help Law Enforcement Execute Search Warrants To Access Customer Data Do you have a secret that no one else knows? What about Apple, Google, Facebook, Veriz...
14 Juni 201755min
#137 - Will Video Games Make Us Smarter?
MOTION: Video Games Will Make Us Smarter.As video games gain prominence, some game creators are turning to global issues, such as poverty alleviation, international diplomacy, and combating climate ch...
17 Maj 201754min
#136 - Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been filled with a whirlwind of new policies and challenges to Washington orthodoxies, and the country is sharply divided. But if we are open to it,...
1 Maj 201758min
#135 - Has Walmart Been Good For America?
Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out loca...
12 Apr 201755min
