Podcast Episodes

Whose Word is 'Woke'?

Season 1 Episode 1041

Philosopher Susan Neiman and cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams take part in a challenging conversation on the themes of Neiman’s new book Left is Not Woke. The book sets out what Neiman sees…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The New Science Behind Tackling Depression

Season 1 Episode 1039

Philip Gold is one of the world's leading researchers of depressive illness. Since 1974, he has worked at the National Institute of Health, where he has served as Chief of Neuroendocrine Research, an…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Naomi Klein on Conspiracies, Doppelgangers and Democracy's Demise

Season 1 Episode 1037

Bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein goes down the rabbit hole in pursuit of her doppelganger – another well-known writer with a name similar to hers but whose views couldn’t be more different…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Mustafa Suleyman on the AI Revolution, Part 2

Season 1 Episode 1035

This the second instalment of our three-part episode. Mustafa Suleyman is the ultimate AI insider. As co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, he is one of the pioneers of the artificial intelligenc…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Mustafa Suleyman on the AI Revolution, Part 1

Season 1 Episode 1034

Mustafa Suleyman is the ultimate AI insider. As co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, he is one of the pioneers of the artificial intelligence revolution, potentially the single greatest accelera…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

John Gray and David Runciman on Finding Meaning in a Post-Liberal World

Season 1 Episode 1032

John Gray is one of the UK’s most important and influential political thinkers. Sceptical of ideas about progress and the perfectibility of human nature, he is an arch critic of liberalism, believing…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Politics in the Age of Chaos with Rafael Behr

Season 1 Episode 1030

Do you ever turn away from the news in despair? Do you scroll through social media and come away feeling angry, frustrated and fearful? Have you given up on the idea that a level of sanity might ever…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Trash Talk: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away

Season 1 Episode 1028

Award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis has spent the last number of years investigating the global waste industry. In June 2023 he came to Intelligence Squared to tell us the truth about Bri…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Debate: The Battle for the Countryside, with George Monbiot and Rory Stewart

Season 1 Episode 1027

We tend to think of these uplands as ‘wild’ and ‘natural’. But in fact, as the rewilders point out, they are entirely man-made, the result of clearances by man to make way for millions of sheep whose…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

No Bullsh*t Leadership: Sir Nicholas Hytner

Season 1 Episode 1026

In this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared, Chris Hirst cuts through the bullsh*t and gets to the heart of modern leadership.

For this episode, Chris speaks to theatre dir…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago