Podcast Episodes

What if Globalisation Fails? with Ben Chu

Season 1 Episode 3247

What happens if globalisation fails? Can nations truly stand alone in an interconnected world? Is the new race for national self-sufficiency a path to real security, or a dangerous illusion?

In this …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Classic Debate: Neville Chamberlain Did The Right Thing

Season 1 Episode 3246

If ever a politician got a bum rap it’s Neville Chamberlain. He has gone down in history as the British prime minster whose policy of appeasement in the 1930s allowed the Nazis to flourish unopposed.…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Are bureaucrats a force for good? With Michael Lewis and Gillian Tett (Part Two)

Season 1 Episode 3245

The concept of government is under attack. In the United States, Donald Trump has fired tens of thousands of federal workers; ignored congressional statutes; insulted judges; and allowed Elon Musk, …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Are bureaucrats a force for good? With Michael Lewis and Gillian Tett (Part One)

Season 1 Episode 3244

The concept of government is under attack. In the United States, Donald Trump has fired tens of thousands of federal workers; ignored congressional statutes; insulted judges; and allowed Elon Musk, …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Specialist | The Rediscovery of Rubens’ The Massacre of the Innocents, with George Gordon

Episode 3243

This is an episode of The Specialist, produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with Sotheby's. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ctrl, Alt, Delusion: Resetting Reality in the Manosphere

Season 1 Episode 3240

Today’s episode is the recording of our recent panel Ctrl, Alt, Delusion: Resetting Reality in the Manosphere, live at SXSW London, in partnership with Sage & Jester.

Sage & Jester is an impact-led a…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Genius Myth, with Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci (Part Two)

Season 1 Episode 3241

The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor.

You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enabl…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Genius Myth, with Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci (Part One)

Season 1 Episode 3240

The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor.

You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enabl…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yardsticks For Failure, with Ivo Graham (Part Two)

Season 1 Episode 3239

After coming last by quite such a distance on Taskmaster Series 15, and seeing his emotional frailties laid bare in a series of memes of him with his head in his hands, Ivo Graham is adapting to an i…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Yardsticks For Failure, with Ivo Graham (Part One)

Season 1 Episode 3238

After coming last by quite such a distance on Taskmaster Series 15, and seeing his emotional frailties laid bare in a series of memes of him with his head in his hands, Ivo Graham is adapting to an i…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago