Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates on Audio & Video

One of the best things to listen to on audio is a debate. The full rhetoric comes through in the speakers, making it very exciting to listen to.

If human beings successfully create self-aware machines, will the positive social benefits outweigh the potential dangers we see in many blockbuster Hollywood movies?

With the U.S. elections less than a week away, check out this brand new debate from Intelligence Squared on the hot button issue of immigration.

Listen to a stimulating debate over income inequality in America and whether or not it hinders the mobility of lower or middle income households to be upwardly mobile economically.

In this lively debate from Intelligence Squared U.S., four speakers argue whether or not the World would be better without religion.

In this debate from Intelligence Squared, the two sides square off about the taxation of the rich in the United States and whether they should pay more than they currently do to cover the costs of government spending.

Will the power of social media yet be harnessed and used as an unprecedented force for good in the world? Or do systemic platform flaws pose an irreversible threat to the world’s democratic institutions?

At some point in most people's lives, the minimum wage is all there is to live on, so how has this 75 year experiment worked out for the American economy?

Corruption and a growing concern for head injury have put college football in the spotlight. Are football programs' millions in profits exploitation? Or are they still a celebration of amateur sport?

Watch this stimulating debate on the motion to legalize drugs. Since the drug war began 30 years ago it has cost the U.S. government $2.5 trillion dollars and has currently locked up over 100,000 nonviolent drug offenders in federal prison.