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America is more divided than ever—but it doesn’t have to be. Open to Debate offers an antidote to the chaos. We bring multiple perspectives together for real, nonpartisan debates. Debates that are structured, respectful, clever, provocative, and driven by the facts. Open to Debate is on a mission to restore balance to the public square through expert moderation, good-faith arguments, and reasoned analysis. We examine the issues of the day with the world’s most influential thinkers spanning science, technology, politics, culture, and global affairs. It’s time to build a stronger, more united democracy with the civil exchange...

Agree to Disagree: Does Your Electric Vehicle Help The Planet?

53 mins; May 20, 2022

Agree to Disagree: Can Small Investors Beat The Street?

53 mins; May 13, 2022

Agree to Disagree: Is It Right to End Roe?

54 mins; May 09, 2022

It's Time to Expand Nuclear Power

53 mins; April 22, 2022

Thinking Again with Adam Grant: The Power of Debate, and Knowing What You Don’t Know

53 mins; April 08, 2022

#200 - Are Big Cities Past Their Prime?

53 mins; March 25, 2022

Agree to Disagree: Is It Time to End the Covid Emergency?

36 mins; March 18, 2022

Agree to Disagree: Ukraine

53 mins; March 11, 2022

#199 - Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

53 mins; February 18, 2022

Agree to Disagree: Is True Love a Myth?

53 mins; February 04, 2022

#198 - Is America Retreating from Global Leadership?

53 mins; January 28, 2022

IQ2 Conversation: A New University Offers "Forbidden" Courses

67 hours 32 mins; January 07, 2022

The Pandemic: Year-In-Review

47 mins; December 22, 2021

#197 - Is Amazon Good for Small Business?

53 mins; December 10, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Meritocracy

53 mins; November 26, 2021

#196 - Is Cancel Culture Toxic?

53 mins; November 12, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Booster Shots

53 mins; October 29, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Cyber War and Hacker Ransoms

53 mins; October 15, 2021

#195 - Should We Expand the Supreme Court?

53 mins; October 01, 2021

#194 - Is the United Nations Obsolete?

53 mins; September 17, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Build Back Better

53 mins; September 03, 2021

Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates (Updated)

53 mins; August 27, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Leaving Afghanistan

53 mins; August 21, 2021

Debate Roundup: America's Guns

50 mins; August 13, 2021

#193 - Has the New York Times Lost Its Way?

53 mins; July 30, 2021

Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?

53 mins; July 16, 2021

Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Mandates

52 mins; July 02, 2021

The State of Debate: An Intelligence Squared Roundtable

70 hours 21 mins; June 25, 2021

Ray Dalio on How To Change Your Mind

51 mins; June 18, 2021

Is Bitcoin More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay?

54 mins; June 04, 2021

Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism?

53 mins; May 28, 2021

#192 - Is Taiwan Indefensible?

53 mins; May 21, 2021

Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Passports

53 mins; May 12, 2021

#191 - Should We Legalize Psychedelics?

53 mins; April 23, 2021

Agree to Disagree COVID Series: Vaccine Patents

53 mins; April 09, 2021

#190 - Should We Forgive Student Debt?

53 mins; March 26, 2021

Agree to Disagree: The Filibuster

47 mins; March 19, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Slavery Reparations

53 mins; March 12, 2021

#189 - Has the GOP Lost Its Way?

53 mins; February 26, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Sex with Robots (Valentine's Day Special)

53 mins; February 12, 2021

Agree to Disagree: Identity Politics

65 hours 7 mins; February 05, 2021

#188 - For the Last Four Years, America Got the Middle East Right

52 mins; January 29, 2021

Is America Still A Model for the World?

60 hours 9 mins; January 15, 2021

Do Genes Affect Your Vote?

53 mins; January 08, 2021

Intelligence Squared Year-Ender

53 mins; December 26, 2020

Essential Workers or Elderly? Larry Brilliant on the Vaccine Debate

55 mins; December 18, 2020

Agree to Disagree: Are Identity Politics a Way to Win?

65 hours 7 mins; December 11, 2020

#187 - Should We Stop Worrying About National Deficits?

52 mins; December 05, 2020

Agree to Disagree: Are Election Lawsuits Good For Democracy?

52 mins; November 13, 2020

#186 - Is a U.S.-China Space Race Good for Humanity?

52 mins; November 07, 2020

Election Special: A Historian and Futurist Debate 2020

48 mins; November 05, 2020

Discourse Disruptors: A Divided Nation – One Perspective

37 mins; October 30, 2020

A Supreme Special Episode: Amy Coney Barrett & The State of SCOTUS

45 mins; October 23, 2020

#185 - Is It Time to Redistribute the Wealth?

52 mins; October 12, 2020

#184 - Unresolved: American Policing

53 mins; October 02, 2020

#154 - Has Globalization Undermined the American Working Class?

54 mins; September 04, 2020

Newt Minow on the Presidential Debates

53 mins; August 21, 2020

Agree to Disagree: Should Washington Break Up Big Tech?

53 mins; August 07, 2020

Agree to Disagree: Broadband for All?

43 mins; July 24, 2020

#183 - Is Nationalism a Force for Good?

53 mins; July 10, 2020

#164 - Should Social Media Companies Honor the First Amendment?

57 mins; June 26, 2020

#182 - Will Coronavirus Reshape the World Order in China's Favor?

53 mins; June 12, 2020

#181 - Has The Electoral College Outlived Its Usefulness?

53 mins; May 29, 2020

#180 - Was the Global Financial System Better Prepared for the Pandemic Than 2008?

54 mins; May 15, 2020

#179 - Is the Defense Production Act Being Underutilized?

52 mins; April 24, 2020

How to Fight an Infodemic

53 mins; April 03, 2020

#178 - Does Maximum Pressure Against Iran Work?

54 mins; March 20, 2020

#177 - Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism?

54 mins; March 06, 2020

#176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?

54 mins; February 21, 2020

#175 - Is it Time to Expand Nuclear Power?

54 mins; February 07, 2020

Ezra Klein on Why We're Polarized

51 mins; January 31, 2020

Bonus Episode: Can Progressives Save Capitalism?

44 mins; January 10, 2020

#97 - Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?

53 mins; December 27, 2019

Bonus Episode: How Do We Make Our Debates Happen?

48 mins; December 13, 2019

#174 - Is Capitalism a Blessing?

54 mins; November 29, 2019

#173 - Is Parenting Overrated?

53 mins; November 15, 2019

#172 - Has Europe Declared War on American Tech Companies?

53 mins; November 02, 2019

#115 - Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Constitutional?

56 mins; October 18, 2019

#171 - Should We Replace Private Insurance With Medicare For All?

53 mins; October 04, 2019

#170 - Unresolved: Shifting Power in the Middle East

53 mins; September 20, 2019

Bonus Episode: Are We In a New Authoritarian Era?

48 mins; September 06, 2019

Chris Anderson on Ideas & Inspiration

53 mins; August 30, 2019

#169 - Is U.S. Policy Toward China Productive?

53 mins; August 23, 2019

Simon Johnson on Science & the Economy

56 mins; August 16, 2019

Allison Schrager on Risk and Reason In Everyday Life

46 mins; August 09, 2019

Nadine Strossen & Thane Rosenbaum on Hate Speech in America

57 mins; July 26, 2019

#168 - Has the Transatlantic Relationship Been Irreparably Damaged?

53 mins; July 12, 2019

Bonus Episode: How Europe Is Answering to "America First"

32 mins; June 28, 2019

#153 - Is Social Media Good for Democracy?

51 mins; June 14, 2019

#126 - Should the U.S. Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship?

55 mins; May 31, 2019

#134 - Is Universal Basic Income the Safety Net of the Future?

53 mins; May 17, 2019

#167 - Should Scientists Dim the Sun?

53 mins; May 03, 2019

#166 - All Hail the Driverless Car?

53 mins; April 19, 2019

#165 - Should the Republican Party Re-Nominate Trump?

54 mins; April 05, 2019

IQ2 Interview: Should You Love Your Enemies?

52 mins; March 29, 2019

#164 - Can Constitutional Free Speech Principles Save Social Media Companies From Themselves?

53 mins; March 22, 2019

#163 - Unresolved: The Techonomic Cold War With China

53 mins; March 08, 2019

Special Release: Can AI Change Your Mind?

54 mins; February 15, 2019

#161 - Should We Bring Extinct Creatures Back To Life?

54 mins; February 08, 2019

#160 - Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, Is the System Safer?

54 mins; January 25, 2019

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