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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...

Season Preview: New Year, New Debates

4 mins; January 11, 2019

Should We Avoid Eating Anything With A Face?

54 mins; December 28, 2018

#105 - Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?

54 mins; December 14, 2018

#159 - Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul?

53 mins; November 30, 2018

An IQ2US Thanksgiving Tradition

40 mins; November 21, 2018

#158 - Is Trump Bad for Comedy?

53 mins; November 09, 2018

#157 - Will Progressive Populism Save The Democratic Party?

53 mins; October 19, 2018

#156 - Will Retail Alliances Fix the U.S. Health Care System?

54 mins; October 05, 2018

#155 - Unresolved: U.S. National Security

54 mins; September 28, 2018

Join IQ2US Live in New York

4 mins; September 18, 2018

#154 - Has Globalization Undermined the American Working Class?

53 mins; August 03, 2018

#153 - Is Social Media Good For Democracy?

53 mins; July 20, 2018

#152 - Trigger Warning: Are Safe Spaces Dangerous?

53 mins; July 06, 2018

#151 - Will Automation Crash Democracy?

55 mins; May 25, 2018

#150 - Can Negotiations Denuclearize North Korea?

53 mins; May 11, 2018

#149 - Is Bitcoin More Than A Bubble?

55 mins; May 04, 2018

#148 - Should Net Neutrality Be Saved?

54 mins; April 27, 2018

#147 - As We Evolve, Do We Need God Less?

54 mins; April 06, 2018

#146 - Does Humanitarian Intervention Do More Harm Than Good?

53 mins; March 23, 2018

#145 - Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?

53 mins; February 14, 2018

#144 - Unresolved: America's Economic Outlook

53 mins; January 24, 2018

#143 - Do Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground?

52 mins; December 13, 2017

Guns, Bibles, & Breaking Bread: A Thanksgiving Podcast

38 mins; November 22, 2017

#142 - Should College Athletes Be Paid?

53 mins; November 01, 2017

#141 - Is Western Democracy In Danger?

53 mins; October 11, 2017

#140 - Is the U.S. Healthcare System Terminally Broken?

53 mins; October 04, 2017

#139 - Face-Off with China: Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

53 mins; September 20, 2017

How to Debate... Yourself.

23 mins; August 30, 2017

A Summer Challenge: Radical Rethinking

31 mins; August 09, 2017

The State of Debate on Capitol Hill: The American Health Care Act

28 mins; June 27, 2017

#138 - Your Private Data: Can Tech Companies Keep it from the Law?

55 mins; June 14, 2017

#137 - Will Video Games Make Us Smarter?

54 mins; May 17, 2017

#136 - Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days

58 mins; May 01, 2017

#135 - Has Walmart Been Good For America?

55 mins; April 12, 2017

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

54 mins; March 29, 2017

#133 - Are Charter Schools Overrated?

56 mins; March 08, 2017

#132 - Has the U.S.-Saudi "Special Relationship" Outlived its Usefulness?

54 mins; February 15, 2017

#131 - Should We Give Trump a Chance?

54 mins; February 07, 2017

#130 - Is Policing Racially Biased?

54 mins; January 18, 2017

#129 - Should States Call a Convention to Amend the Constitution?

54 mins; December 14, 2016

#128 - Is Obama's Foreign Policy a Failure?

54 mins; December 07, 2016

#127 - Has Gerrymandering Destroyed the Political Center?

54 mins; November 23, 2016

#126 - Should We Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship?

54 mins; November 02, 2016

#125 - Is "Big Pharma" to Blame for Rising Health Care Costs?

56 mins; October 19, 2016

#124 - Are the Elites to Blame for the Trump Phenomenon?

54 mins; September 21, 2016

#123 - Climate Change: Has the EPA Gone Overboard?

54 mins; September 14, 2016

Bonus Podcast: The GOP Must Seize The Center Or Die

8 mins; July 13, 2016

Bonus Podcast: The Supreme Court Considers Racial Preferences In State University Admissions

48 mins; June 24, 2016

#122 - Has The President Usurped The Constitutional Power Of Congress?

55 mins; June 15, 2016

#121 - Do Hunters Conserve Wildlife?

57 mins; May 18, 2016

#120 - Eliminate Corporate Subsidies

56 mins; April 13, 2016

#119 - Should We Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence?

53 mins; March 23, 2016

#118 - Is Free Speech Threatened On Campus?

53 mins; March 08, 2016

#117 - Are Lifespans Long Enough?

55 mins; February 10, 2016

#116 - Should The U.S. Let In 100,000 Syrian Refugees?

52 mins; January 20, 2016

#115 - Does The Equal Protection Clause Forbid Racial Preferences In State University Admissions?

54 mins; December 09, 2015

#114 - Can Central Banks Print Prosperity?

55 mins; November 25, 2015

#113 - Do U.S. Prosecutors Have Too Much Power?

52 mins; November 17, 2015

#112 - Should College Students Be Allowed To Take Smart Drugs?

52 mins; November 09, 2015

#111 - Should We Raise The Federal Gas Tax To Fund Infrastructure?

52 mins; November 04, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Is Death Final?

48 mins; October 29, 2015

#110 - Are China And The U.S. Long-Term Enemies?

57 mins; October 21, 2015

#109 - Should Courts Or Campuses Decide Sexual Assault Cases?

54 mins; September 23, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Should We Abolish the Minimum Wage?

50 mins; September 04, 2015

#108 - Does The U.S. Need To Defeat ISIS, Or Is Containment Enough?

52 mins; August 18, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Israel Can Live With A Nuclear Iran

52 mins; July 20, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue

49 mins; July 14, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Men Are Finished

52 mins; June 19, 2015

#107 - Should States Be Required To License Same-Sex Marriages?

52 mins; June 09, 2015

#106 - Is Obama's Iran Deal Good For America?

52 mins; June 02, 2015

Bonus Podcast: Too Many Kids Go To College

50 mins; May 29, 2015

#105 - Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?

52 mins; May 20, 2015

#104 - Should We Abolish the Death Penalty?

52 mins; April 22, 2015

#103 - Has The President Exceeded His Authority By Waging War Without Congress?

52 mins; April 07, 2015

#102 - Should The U.S. Adopt The Right To Be Forgotten Online?

52 mins; March 18, 2015

#101 - Are Liberals Stifling Intellectual Diversity?

52 mins; March 03, 2015

#100 - Should The World Bet On America?

52 mins; February 18, 2015

Tribute To David Carr

8 mins; February 15, 2015

#99 - Is Amazon The Reader's Friend?

52 mins; January 22, 2015

Retrospective On The Freedom Of Speech

13 mins; January 11, 2015

#98 - Should We Genetically Modify Food?

53 mins; December 10, 2014

#97 - Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?

53 mins; November 20, 2014

#96 - Does Income Inequality Impair The American Dream?

53 mins; October 29, 2014

#95 - Mass Collection Of U.S. Phone Records Violates The Fourth Amendment

53 mins; October 14, 2014

#94 - Will Flexing America's Muscles In The Middle East Make Things Worse?

53 mins; October 07, 2014

#93 - Should We Embrace The Common Core?

53 mins; September 19, 2014

Retrospective On Hamas And Israel

18 mins; July 11, 2014

#92 - Is There A Constitutional Right To Unlimited Spending On Political Speech?

53 mins; July 02, 2014

#91 - Is Death Final?

52 mins; May 14, 2014

#90 - Do Millennials Stand A Chance?

53 mins; April 16, 2014

The Controversy Over Ayaan Hirsi Ali At Brandeis University

15 mins; April 14, 2014

#89 - More Clicks, Fewer Bricks: Is The Lecture Hall Obsolete?

53 mins; April 10, 2014

Does Affirmative Action On Campus Do More Harm Than Good?

52 mins; March 26, 2014

#88 - Is Russia A Marginal Power?

52 mins; March 19, 2014

Does The President Have Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad?

52 mins; March 12, 2014

Was Snowden Justified?

52 mins; February 18, 2014

Is Obamacare Beyond Rescue?

52 mins; January 22, 2014

Reconsidering The Minimum Wage

14 mins; January 08, 2014

Don't Eat Anything With A Face

52 mins; December 11, 2013

Does Spying Keep Us Safe?

52 mins; November 27, 2013

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