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Back to SearchThe Sunday Debate: Four Days Won't Fix the Working Week
Some companies in the UK are currently trialing a four-day working week. Belgium has this month given its workers the right to request one, and these measures follow similar experiments in New Zealan…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Chasing the Urge: Addiction Throughout History, with Carl Erik Fisher
Carl Erik Fisher is a psychiatrist, bioethicist and recovering alcoholic who has spent years tracing the history of addiction. His new book is The Urge: Our History of Addiction, a sweeping study of …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Essays at the Crossroads of Race, with Esi Edugyan
Canadian novelist and writer Esi Edugyan's latest work is a collection of nonfiction writing, Out of the Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race. The book’s five essays discuss the interpretation of Bl…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Business Weekly: Counting the Cost of Climate Change, with Kristian Rönn
Kristian Rönn is CEO and co-founder of Normative, a start-up which provides carbon-accounting software for businesses. His young company is official software provider of the UN-backed SME Climate Hub…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Sunday Debate: The West Should Seek a Compromise with Russia Over Ukraine
As Russia amasses tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine’s northern and eastern border fears are mounting that President Putin plans to invade the country. The stakes could not be higher, and each mo…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Gift of a Radio, with Justin Webb
Justin Webb is a familiar voice to many radio listeners. He has been co-presenting the BBC’s flagship morning current-affairs show, The Today programme, for over a decade. His new memoir, The Gift of…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Exploring the Senses, with Guy Leschziner
Professor Guy Leschziner's new book, The Man Who Tasted Words, seeks to shed light on our experiences of the different senses. In the book, Guy meets individuals such as Valeria, for whom music is ac…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Business Weekly: the Jobs We Don’t Talk About, with Eyal Press
In business, there are some jobs that are talked about more opaquely in public discourse than others. Think Military Drone Operator or Industrial Slaughterhouse Manager, for example. These are roles …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Sunday Debate: Can the Internet be made Safe?
With proposed new legislation in the UK currently making its way through Parliament designed to protect internet users from harmful content, for this week's Intelligence Squared Sunday Debate we ask:…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Survival and Hope in New York City, with Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and New York Times investigative reporter who spent nearly a decade following the journey of one family living on the poverty line in Brooklyn. Ell…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago