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The New Silencing: Women Versus the Manosphere (Part One) 2026-09-06
When the MeToo movement ignited in 2017, many believed it would be a turning point for women after which positive change would become inevitable.…
Why Did the Working Class Abandon the Left? With Nobel Economist Daron Acemoglu 2026-09-05
Liberal democracy was once a radical force. It challenged monarchies, expanded political rights and, at its most successful, helped deliver rising…
How Trade Shapes Our World, With Ed Conway 2026-09-03
Trade has shaped human civilisation for thousands of years. From the copper used in Mesopotamian ploughs to the silicon inside our smartphones, vast…
NYT’s Novel of the Century? Marlon James on The Disappearers 2026-09-01
In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. Though strangers to one another, they share an inescapable truth: All of them…
The Secret History in Our DNA: Adam Rutherford Meets David Olusoga (Part Two) 2026-08-30
Adam Rutherford is a science broadcaster, and author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, which transformed the way we think about human…
The Secret History in Our DNA: Adam Rutherford Meets David Olusoga (Part One) 2026-08-29
Adam Rutherford is a science broadcaster, and author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, which transformed the way we think about human…
Can Democracy Survive the Age of AI? With Jill Lepore 2026-08-28
We live in the age of data. Over the past century, rapidly evolving technologies have transformed almost every aspect of our society, in ways that…
What John Berger Saw That We Still Don’t, with Tom Overton 2026-08-25
John Berger transformed the way generations thought about art, politics and the act of looking. Best known for Ways of Seeing, his work ranged…
Is Tech Making Our Kids Less Capable? With Dr Jared Cooney Horvath 2026-08-23
Schools were promised that laptops, educational apps and artificial intelligence would make learning more personalised, engaging and effective.…
Is Ukraine’s Culture Worth Fighting For? With Charlotte Higgins 2026-08-22
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has placed not only lives and cities under attack, but also the country’s language, history and culture.…
How George Michael Changed Music Forever, with Sathnam Sanghera (Part Two) 2026-08-20
George Michael wrote Careless Whisper, one of the biggest pop songs of our age, in an hour in his childhood bedroom. Alongside his childhood best…
How George Michael Changed Music Forever, with Sathnam Sanghera (Part One) 2026-08-18
George Michael wrote Careless Whisper, one of the biggest pop songs of our age, in an hour in his childhood bedroom. Alongside his childhood best…
Spielberg, Coppola and Lucas: The Remaking of Modern Cinema, With Paul Fischer 2026-08-16
By the early 1980s Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were the richest, best-known filmmakers in the world, with an empire of…
Colm Tóibín on Stories of Exile (Part Two) 2026-08-15
Colm Tóibín  is widely acclaimed for the emotional restraint and quiet power of his prose. His writing explores exile, abandonment, loss and…
Colm Tóibín on Stories of Exile (Part One) 2026-08-13
Colm Tóibín  is widely acclaimed for the emotional restraint and quiet power of his prose. His writing explores exile, abandonment, loss and…
Uncovering the Epstein Story, with Emily Maitlis and Amy Wallace (Part Two) 2026-08-11
The Jeffrey Epstein story has created shockwaves on both sides of the Atlantic. As new documents continue to emerge, and as journalists continue to…
Uncovering the Epstein Story, with Emily Maitlis and Amy Wallace (Part One) 2026-08-09
The Jeffrey Epstein story has created shockwaves on both sides of the Atlantic. As new documents continue to emerge, and as journalists continue to…
Is the Algorithm Destroying Taste? With Polyester Editor-In-Chief Ione Gamble 2026-08-08
What we like has never been entirely our own. Taste has always been shaped by class, culture and the people around us. But in the age of algorithms…
How Do Our Sibling Relationships Shape Us? With Catherine Carr 2026-08-06
For many of us, our relationships with our siblings are the longest of our lives. They shape our earliest experiences of love, rivalry, identity and…
Can the US Survive Donald Trump? With Pod Save the US’ Ben Rhodes (Part Two) 2026-08-04
Ben Rhodes served as one of Barack Obama’s closest foreign-policy aides, holding the role of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
Can the US Survive Donald Trump? With Pod Save the US’ Ben Rhodes (Part One) 2026-08-02
Ben Rhodes  served as one of Barack Obama’s closest foreign-policy aides, holding the role of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic…
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Iran, with Clarissa Ward and Lyse Doucet (Part Two) 2026-08-01
Since the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran in late February, the world has changed dramatically. More than fourteen…
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Iran, with Clarissa Ward and Lyse Doucet (Part One)(Part One) 2026-07-30
Since the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran in late February, the world has changed dramatically. More than fourteen…
Hotels with History | The Adlon, Berlin 2026-07-28
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International⁠. Learn more about your ad choices.…
How Has Forensic Science Transformed Criminal Justice? With Sue Black 2026-07-26
Forensic science has transformed the way crimes are investigated and justice is delivered. From fingerprints and DNA to new forms of anatomical…
Should We Stop Catastrophising About AI? With Eleanor Drage and Carl Miller 2026-07-25
We are deeply confused about artificial intelligence: what it is, who it serves and whether it is leading us towards utopia or catastrophe. But…
How Sex Scenes in Film Can Reshape Real Intimacy, With Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien 2026-07-20
Intimacy coordinators have irreversibly transformed how we portray sex on screen, and they are not without their detractors. In the wake of MeToo,…
Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 (Part Two) 2026-07-18
Olivia Laing  is known as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. Their work is renowned for its capacity to make…
Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 (Part One) 2026-07-16
Olivia Laing  is known as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. Their work is renowned for its capacity to make…
How Did World War II Create Modern Asia? With Professor Hans van de Ven 2026-07-14
Is our history of World War II missing its most important chapter? For many in the West, the story of the Second World War is told through D-Day,…
An Evening with Maggie O’Farrell: Land (Part Two) 2026-07-12
Maggie O’Farrell  is the award-winning author of nine novels, including  Hamnet , a breathtaking fictional retelling of the death of…
An Evening with Maggie O’Farrell: Land (Part One) 2026-07-11
Maggie O’Farrell  is the award-winning author of nine novels, including  Hamnet , a breathtaking fictional retelling of the death of…
Can We Make the Internet Safe for Children? With Baroness Beeban Kidron 2026-07-10
Filmmaker and activist Baroness Beeban Kidron has been warning of the digital dangers facing young people for over a decade, and has played a…
Hotels with History | Copacabana Palace, Rio De Janeiro 2026-07-08
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International⁠. Picture being on a sweep of white…
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Zanny Minton Beddoes on Markets, Crashes and The Future of The Global Economy (Part Two) 2026-07-07
Andrew Ross Sorkin began his career at the forefront of Wall Street news, reporting extensively for The New York Times on the financial crash of…
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Zanny Minton Beddoes on Markets, Crashes and The Future of The Global Economy (Part One) 2026-07-05
Andrew Ross Sorkin began his career at the forefront of Wall Street news, reporting extensively for The New York Times on the financial crash of…
Is Our Justice System Failing Women? With Barrister Charlotte Proudman 2026-07-04
Recent high-profile legal disputes with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard and Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have renewed public debate about gender,…
How Should We Prepare for the Unknown? With Statistician David Spiegelhalter 2026-07-02
In a world of economic shocks, geopolitical crises and constant predictions about the future, how should we make decisions when certainty is…
Was George Forster the Enlightenment’s Lost Visionary? With Andrea Wulf 2026-06-30
In this episode, historian and philosopher Sophie Scott Brown speaks with writer Andrea Wulf about her new book The Traveller: The Revolutionary…
Reasons for Hope in Turbulent Times, with Rebecca Solnit 2026-06-28
Rebecca Solnit is an award-winning American writer and activist whose incisive work explores feminism, democracy, climate change and social justice.…
How Did the Americas Transform Renaissance England? With Lauren Working 2026-06-23
The English Renaissance is often remembered as an age of Shakespeare, exploration and cultural flourishing. But it was also shaped by encounters…
Who Really Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? With Bojan Pancevski 2026-06-21
In September 2022, a series of underwater explosions tore through the Nord Stream pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea. The destruction of this $20…
What Can Europe's Borderlands Tell Us About Its Future? With Hannah Lucinda Smith 2026-06-20
Long before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, conflict was simmering on Europe's borders. In overlooked territories in eastern Europe, the eastern…
Hotels with History | Waldorf Astoria, New York 2026-06-18
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International⁠. We’re in midtown Manhattan to kick…
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part Two) 2026-06-16
As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord…
Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part One) 2026-06-14
As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord…
How Will a New Era of Drugs Shape Our World? With Kojo Koram 2026-06-13
From cannabis legalisation in the United States to the rise of psychedelics as wellness and productivity tools, the global politics of drugs is…
The Age of Intelligence: Live in Partnership with IBM 2026-06-11
In this episode, journalist Kamal Ahmed was joined by Jon Sopel, Dimple Ahluwalia and Matt Rowe to explore how cybersecurity has moved from a…
How Do Hormones Shape the Way We Feel, Think and Age? With Dr Saira Hameed 2026-06-09
In this episode, science broadcaster Dr Güneş Taylor speaks with endocrinologist Dr Saira Hameed about her new book Signals: The Inside Story of Our…
Why Does It Sometimes Pay to Be a Chicken? With Professor Michael Wooldridge 2026-06-07
From Brexit negotiations and the Cuban Missile Crisis to elections, auctions and everyday decision-making, game theory can offer powerful insights…
How does DNA Shape Our World? With Professor Turi King 2026-06-06
Professor Turi King , Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, is known for leading the genetic investigation…
Do We Have The Right To Die? With Lady Hale and Rowan Williams (Part Two) 2026-06-04
This debate was part of the ‘Think Again’ series in which two leading thinkers present alternative answers to a difficult societal question. The…
Do We Have The Right To Die? With Lady Hale and Rowan Williams (Part One) 2026-06-03
This debate was part of the ‘Think Again’ series in which two leading thinkers present alternative answers to a difficult societal question. The…
An Evening with Douglas Stuart (Part Two) 2026-05-31
Douglas Stuart is one of the most successful writers in Britain today. He is celebrated globally for his honest portrayals of human relationships…
An Evening with Douglas Stuart (Part One) 2026-05-31
Douglas Stuart is one of the most successful writers in Britain today. He is celebrated globally for his honest portrayals of human relationships…
How To Win a Trade War, with Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown 2026-05-28
In this episode, journalist Hannah Lucinda Smith speaks with economists Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown about our new era of global trade wars. Drawing…
How To Kill A Language, with Sophia Smith Galer (Part Two) 2026-05-26
What do we lose when a language dies? Roughly 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today. Over half of them are expected to vanish in the…
How To Kill A Language, with Sophia Smith Galer (Part One) 2026-05-24
What do we lose when a language dies? Roughly 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today. Over half of them are expected to vanish in the…
The Secret Life of Our Organs and How They Keep us Healthy, with Dr Giulia Enders 2026-05-23
How can changing the way we breathe lower stress and blood pressure? Why is touch so important for premature babies and ICU patients? And what can…
Chasing Aliens, with Jon Ronson and Daniel Lavelle (Part Two) 2026-05-21
Are we really alone in the universe? The question of whether there is extraterrestrial life is one of our oldest questions. And few nations on Earth…
Chasing Aliens, with Jon Ronson and Daniel Lavelle (Part One) 2026-05-19
Are we really alone in the universe? The question of whether there is extraterrestrial life is one of our oldest questions. And few nations on Earth…
Has Far-Right Politics Entered The Mainstream in the UK? With Daniel Trilling 2026-05-17
Has far-right thinking entered mainstream politics in the UK? In 2025, Britain saw its largest-ever far-right rally, following a summer of…
Love, Loss and Mourning Paul Auster, with Siri Hustvedt 2026-05-16
What does it mean to mourn a shared life? In this episode, essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt speaks to book critic Mythili Rao about Ghost…
What Would Happen If We Met Aliens? With Neil deGrasse Tyson 2026-05-15
World famous astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Dr Radha Modgil to discuss his new book Take Me to Your Leader , exploring the science of alien…
London Falling: Patrick Radden Keefe on How Money, Power and Corruption Shape Our City, with Emily Maitlis (Part Two) 2026-05-12
Patrick Radden Keefe is an award winning writer known for his ability to tell complex stories in ways that are compelling and revealing. Author of…
London Falling: Patrick Radden Keefe on How Money, Power and Corruption Shape Our City, with Emily Maitlis (Part One) 2026-05-10
Patrick Radden Keefe is an award winning writer known for his ability to tell complex stories in ways that are compelling and revealing. Author of…
What Do We Ask Google, and What Does It Tell Us About Human Nature? With Simon Rogers 2026-05-09
What do our Google searches reveal about who we really are? For a new book, What We Ask Google , data analyst Simon Rogers explores the world’s…
How Is Predictive AI Shaping Our World? With AI Philosopher Carissa Véliz 2026-05-07
AI models now advise on everything from war, crop output, and marriages. Algorithms determine whether we can get a loan, a job, an apartment, or an…
Weimar and Hitler: How did fascism take hold in Germany’s historic town? With Katja Hoyer 2026-05-06
The town of Weimar looms large in German history. This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe's greatest…
An Evening with Kae Tempest (Part Two) 2026-05-03
Kae Tempest is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest wordsmiths. In a career of ferocious creativity, he has received multiple prizes and…
An Evening with Kae Tempest (Part One) 2026-05-02
Kae Tempest is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest wordsmiths. In a career of ferocious creativity, he has received multiple prizes and…
What Will Trigger the Next World War? With Peter Apps 2026-05-01
How close are we to a new global conflict? In this episode, journalist Hannah Lucinda Smith speaks with global defence commentator Peter Apps about…
Lena Dunham: Famesick, with Dolly Alderton (Part Two) 2026-04-28
According to award-winning actor, writer, director and producer Lena Dunham, we’re now too invested in having a good relationship with our ex. Best…
Lena Dunham: Famesick, with Dolly Alderton (Part One) 2026-04-26
According to award-winning actor, writer, director and producer Lena Dunham, we’re now too invested in having a good relationship with our ex. Best…
The Age of Growth: Live in Partnership with IBM 2026-04-25
In this episode, journalist Kamal Ahmed explores how innovation is the driving force behind meaningful growth, not simply through capital…
Demis Hassabis and Sebastian Mallaby on The Quest for Artificial General Intelligence (Part Two) 2026-04-21
Demis Hassabis – CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind – is one of the world’s most visionary technologists. A child chess prodigy from North…
Demis Hassabis and Sebastian Mallaby on The Quest for Artificial General Intelligence (Part One) 2026-04-19
Demis Hassabis – CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind – is one of the world’s most visionary technologists. A child chess prodigy from North…
How Does Chemistry Shape our World? With Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu 2026-04-18
Chemistry is everywhere. From cosmetics and the clothes we wear to life-saving medicines and kitchen experiments, chemical processes are all around…
Why Did Elite Cambridge Graduates Become Soviet Spies? Revisiting the Cambridge Five, with Antonia Senior 2026-04-16
The Cambridge Five - Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, John Cairncross and Keeper of the Queen's Pictures Anthony Blunt - made up one of the…
How Will the Climate Crisis Reshape Global Politics? With Former Diplomat and Author, Arthur Snell 2026-04-14
Our changing climate is accelerating conflict and migration, with the potential to drive political instability from the Sahel to Saudi Arabia to…