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Intelligence Squared Live

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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 .

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Public web form

Booking probability

36%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about Intelligence Squared Live

What is Intelligence Squared Live about?

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.

Who hosts Intelligence Squared Live?

Intelligence Squared Live is hosted by Intelligence Squared. The show has published 11 episodes to date.

What has Intelligence Squared Live covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Marina Hyde and Jesse Armstrong, Live in Brighton" (28 October 2026, 85 minutes), "Archive: Is Mark Zuckerberg Damaging Society?" (24 October 2026, 62 minutes), and "What Must Burnham Sacrifice To Make Britain Grow? With Michael Gove" (20 October 2026, 89 minutes).

How often does Intelligence Squared Live publish?

Intelligence Squared Live publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 67 minutes across 11 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Intelligence Squared Live?

Booking probability for Intelligence Squared Live is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Intelligence Squared Live requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Intelligence Squared Live's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Intelligence Squared Live?

The strongest fits for Intelligence Squared Live are Educational Support Services. Intelligence Squared Live has an arts audience.

About the host

Intelligence Squared hosts Intelligence Squared Live, an arts podcast with 11 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Intelligence Squared Live

    Marina Hyde and Jesse Armstrong, Live in Brighton

    Oct 28, 20261h 25m

    Described by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as “the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time”, Marina Hyde has become one of Britain’s most popular columnists and podcasters. A Sunday Times bestselling...

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    Archive: Is Mark Zuckerberg Damaging Society?

    Oct 24, 20261h 2m

    With the release of Aaron Sorkin's new film The Social Reckoning, Mark Zuckerberg and the dark side of Facebook are back in the spotlight. In 2019, Intelligence Squared put Zuckerberg on trial, asking whether Facebook...

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    What Must Burnham Sacrifice To Make Britain Grow? With Michael Gove

    Oct 20, 20261h 29m

    Few figures in modern British politics have operated as close to the centre of power as Michael Gove. Over more than a decade in government, he has held some of the most senior offices of state – including Education...

  • Intelligence Squared Live

    Archive: Can the Arts Drive Social Change? With Idris Elba, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Yassmin Abdel-Magied

    Oct 19, 202659 min

    In the summer of 2020, as Black Lives Matter protests swept the world, the arts and creative industries faced urgent questions about racism, representation and their role in driving meaningful change. In this episode...

  • Intelligence Squared Live

    What James Baldwin Can Teach Us About the World Today

    Oct 13, 20261h 15m

    On the 70th anniversary of the publication of Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin’s seminal novel about sexuality, race and myth in America, Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri joined us to reflect on the life, literature...

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    Archive: What Are the Chances We Exist at All? With Brian Cox and Alice Roberts

    Oct 13, 20261h 1m

    Who are we? Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? How did we become the creatures that we are? How might we further evolve? These are some of the big questions that Brian Cox and Alice Roberts tackled when they...

  • Intelligence Squared Live

    Carlo Rovelli Live: Why Numbers Don’t Exist

    Oct 4, 20261h 29m

    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...

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

    Oct 1, 20261h 28m

    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...

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    Britain’s War in Palestine, with Sebastian Faulks

    Sep 29, 20261h 7m

    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...

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

    Sep 25, 20261h 32m

    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...

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

    Sep 24, 20261h 23m

    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...

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

    Sep 21, 20261h 33m

    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...

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    Introducing: Intelligence Squared Live

    Sep 11, 20261 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...

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    Introducing: Intelligence Squared Live

    Sep 11, 20261 minS0

    <p>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...

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