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About the show

Every year, Intelligence Squared stages hundreds of talks platforming the world's biggest thinkers, boldest voices and most exciting and urgent ideas. Intelligence Squared Live brings these conversations direct to your ears. Recorded at our live events, each episode puts you at the heart of the conversation as leading writers, scientists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and cultural figures challenge assumptions, test ideas and debate the questions shaping our future. Hear the atmosphere. Follow the arguments. Join the conversation.

Latest episodes

  • Carlo Rovelli Live: Why Numbers Don’t Exist

    October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

    Carlo Rovelli is an award-winning theoretical physicist and writer with a gift for making complex ideas feel real and accessible. Whether exploring black holes, quantum mechanics, philosophy, or history, he inspires audiences with his…

  • Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy on the Art of the Plot Twist

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

    The bestselling author of more than 36 novels, including Fool Me Once, Tell No One and the Myron Bolitar series, Coben is renowned for his ability to build tension, wrong-foot his readers and create intricately plotted narrative worlds…

  • Britain’s War in Palestine, with Sebastian Faulks

    September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    Sebastian Faulks is one of the country’s best loved novelists, known for books such as Birdsong, Human Traces, Engleby and Charlotte Gray. His writing is renowned for its masterful storytelling and bringing historical periods to life…

  • Anthony Scaramucci and Marina Hyde: What Comes After Trump? Live from Guildford

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    According to Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director, outspoken Trump critic and co-host of The Rest Is Politics: US, President Trump represents one of the greatest challenges America has ever faced. During the…

  • What Lyse Doucet Has Learned from 40 Years Reporting From War Zones, Live

    September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    As the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet has witnessed and reported on some of the most consequential events of our time. She has reported from Iran and Afghanistan since 1988, played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage…

  • Anthony Scaramucci and Tina Brown on How To Fix America, Live in London

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

    According to Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director, outspoken Trump critic and co-host of The Rest Is Politics: US, President Trump represents one of the greatest challenges America has ever faced. During the…

  • Introducing: Intelligence Squared Live

    September 11, 2026 · 1 min

    Every year, Intelligence Squared stages hundreds of talks platforming the world's biggest thinkers, boldest voices and most exciting and urgent ideas. Intelligence Squared Live brings these conversations direct to your ears. Recorded at…