Best Intelligence Squared Podcasts (2024)

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Paul Johnson, Part Two 47:18

1h ago47:18

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Paul Johnson is the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past few decades in Britain. Having served as Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011, his expertise on matters of public spending and global economic trends have provided invaluable insight to the public and policymakers alike. Johnson’s column…

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Paul Johnson, Part One 45:29

3d ago45:29

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Paul Johnson is the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past few decades in Britain. Having served as Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011, his expertise on matters of public spending and global economic trends have provided invaluable insight to the public and policymakers alike. Johnson’s column…

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Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier on Weaving the Story into Historical Fiction, Part Two 40:31

3d ago40:31

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This is the second instalment of a three-part discussion. Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier have defined the genre of historical fiction for decades. Both renowned for bringing to life women’s stories from the past and making them relevant to today’s reader, between them they’ve produced a multitude of global bestsellers including The Other Bole…

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Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier on Weaving the Story into Historical Fiction, Part One 40:01

5d ago40:01

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This is the first instalment of a three-part discussion. Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier have defined the genre of historical fiction for decades. Both renowned for bringing to life women’s stories from the past and making them relevant to today’s reader, between them they’ve produced a multitude of global bestsellers including The Other Boley…

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How the Bank of Mum and Dad Took Over the Economy, with Eliza Filby 55:04

6d ago55:04

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For this episode we're joined by Eliza Filby, an academic, writer and public speaker specialising in contemporary values and most recently generational wealth. Her new book is Inheritocracy: It’s Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad. It explores how wealth passed down from parents to their children is now quietly underpinning some major pilla…

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Katy Hessel on The Story of Art Without Men, with Pandora Sykes, Part Two 41:57

9d ago41:57

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This is the second instalment of a three-part episode. How many women artists do you know? Despite the work of activist groups and scholars alike, women are still troublingly absent from the history of art. Historian and broadcaster Katy Hessel wants to change that. In September 2024 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage in conversation with t…

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Katy Hessel on The Story of Art Without Men, with Pandora Sykes, Part One 40:41

11d ago40:41

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This is the first instalment of a three-part episode. How many women artists do you know? Despite the work of activist groups and scholars alike, women are still troublingly absent from the history of art. Historian and broadcaster Katy Hessel wants to change that. In September 2024 she came to the Intelligence Squared stage in conversation with th…

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A History of Good and Evil, with Hanno Sauer 56:46

12d ago56:46

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Hanno Sauer is a philosopher not shying away from the big questions. His recent book is The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality, which charts the evolution of moralistic thinking from our earliest ancestors through to the present day. But morality is not always about only right and wrong. When it’s wielded by the powerful, it ca…

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Archive: The Allure of Abandoned Places, with Cal Flyn 1:00:25

14d ago1:00:25

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This episode was first aired in March, 2022. Cal Flyn’s Islands of Abandonment was one of the UK’s bestselling books of 2021. It was the Sunday Times Science and Environment book of the year and won her the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. In this episode she talks with broadcaster and science communicator Helen Czerski about the extrao…

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Mustafa Suleyman on Intelligence and Power in the Twenty-First Century, Part Two 43:38

16d ago43:38

43:38

This is the second instalment of a three-part episode. Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, knows what’s coming. And in September 2024 he returned to the Intelligence Squared stage in conversation with Amol Rajan, host of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, University Challenge and Amol Rajan Interviews, to share his fresh perspective into what AI…

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Paul Johnson, Part Two 47:18

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook, with Paul Johnson, Part One 45:29

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Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier on Weaving the Story into Historical Fiction, Part Two 40:31

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Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier on Weaving the Story into Historical Fiction, Part One 40:01

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How the Bank of Mum and Dad Took Over the Economy, with Eliza Filby 55:04

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Katy Hessel on The Story of Art Without Men, with Pandora Sykes, Part Two 41:57

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Katy Hessel on The Story of Art Without Men, with Pandora Sykes, Part One 40:41

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A History of Good and Evil, with Hanno Sauer 56:46

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Archive: The Allure of Abandoned Places, with Cal Flyn 1:00:25

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Mustafa Suleyman on Intelligence and Power in the Twenty-First Century, Part Two 43:38

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