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Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared
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Intelligence Squared is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Follow Intelligence Squared wherever you get your podcasts and enjoy four regular episodes per week taking you to the heart of the issues that matter in the company of the world’s great minds. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates sho... more

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Recent Guests

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Julia Shaw
Criminal psychologist and author of *Green Crime,* who investigates the minds of individuals responsible for environmental destruction.
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Anthony King
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Episode: Is AI About to Automate War? With Anthony King
Kate Mosse
Award-winning novelist and playwright, founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction
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Episode: Who are the Trailblazing Women Hidden From Our History? With Women's Prize Founder Kate Mosse
Hannah Ritchie
Data scientist, author, and senior researcher at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
Episode: Is the Data on Climate Change More Optimistic than We Thought? With Hannah Ritchie
Ian McEwan
Critically acclaimed author of 19 novels and two short story collections, known for works including Atonement and On Chesil Beach
Episode: Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and What We Can Know
Elif Shafak
Novelist and author, co-discussing with Arundhati Roy
Episode: Arundhati Roy on Storytelling, Memory and The Human Condition (Part Two)
Dr Charlotte Blease
A health informaticist and author
Uppsala University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School
Episode: Could AI Help Save Lives? With Dr Charlotte Blease
Dr. Michelle Carr
Director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory at the University of Montreal and former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.
University of Montreal
Episode: The science of dreams: why do we dream, and can we learn to control them? With Dr Michelle Carr

Hosts

Dr Emma Yhnell
Host of Intelligence Squared
Mia Sorenti
Producer of Intelligence Squared

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 2.3k ratings
  • Mediocre show

    It used to be wonderful, now just invites mediocre people who try to sell their books.

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    Cy19103
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • “Hotels with History”: the wet lettuce leaf of podcasts … Is it really even a podcast?

    What the heck? How can such a potentially interesting topic with a great narrator, Mr Grant, be such a wet limp thing. Aggrandising trivialities and never really getting into the heart of anything. Just run an ad … honestly. Not just a waste of effort, this is worse; giving “ick” on these hotels I used to enjoy. And now Raffles is also dead to me … uggh. Why is this podcast so bad? Well done, chaps

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    Charlotte Burgman
    United Statesa month ago
  • sound quality…awful

    Please balance; audio engineers are available.

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    JCASEA
    United Statesa month ago
  • Please fix the volume... Commercials are ridiculously loud if I turn it up.. if I don't turn it up I can't hear the people talking at all

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    bliv77
    2 months ago
  • The Specialist

    Unfortunately the interesting subjects and the stories are sacrificed to create a long, boring infomercial for Sotheby’s. This is not at the level of Intelligence Squared .

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    Nora Gregor
    United States3 months ago

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Q: How are your friends doing in Afghanistan right now?
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Q: What did you feel about it, reporting it from Israel the last couple of days?
Reporting from Israel, I felt the recent peace agreement was a historic diplomatic achievement, yet there's skepticism over its longevity given the deep complexities in the region.
An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part One)
Q: Where do you feel you belong?
Dan Jones articulates that he sees himself as a writer engaged in different forms, including both fiction and nonfiction, with a deep connection to historical storytelling.
An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part One)
Q: Tell us about how you came to write fiction?
Dan Jones shares that he initially resisted writing fiction but was inspired after interviewing George R.R. Martin. He mentioned wanting to write a novel for many years and felt that at a certain point in his life, he either had to pursue it or let it go.
Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part Two)
Q: What were they hoping to get from Pearl Harbor?
Japan aimed to cripple the US Pacific fleet to prevent American interference in its ongoing war with China, believing Americans would hesitate to engage in a prolonged conflict.

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4. Kate Mosse
5. Hannah Ritchie
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