Debates

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Nature: Friend or Foe?
The Gene Machine
The Mystery of the Multiverse
Sins of the Past, Visions of the Future

Calvin Robinson, Kehinde Andrews and Myriam Francois
Predicting the Future

Vince Cable, Izabella Kaminska and Juan Castaneda
The Future of Freedom

Sarah Garfinkel, Julian Baggini and Peter Godfrey-Smith
The Strangeness of the Universe

Bjorn Ekeberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, and Rupert Sheldrake
The Democracy Illusion

Tulip Siddiq, Aaron Bastani and Calvin Robinson
Camus vs Kafka

Andrea Elliott, Paul Muldoon and Emma Sulkowicz
Infinity in the palm of your hand

James Tartaglia, Isy Suttie
The Lessons of Failure

Shabnam Nasimi, Ezgi Basaran and Stefan Dercon
The Obscure, The Banal, and the Magical

Frank Turner, Hannah Sullivan, Janne Teller
Moral Facts and Moral Fantasy

Slavoj Zizek, Simon Blackburn and Joanna Kavenna
Anonymity: The Dream and the Nightmare

Stephen Kinsella, Victoria Baines and Hugh Tomlinson. Manveen Rana hosts.
Beyond the Self and the Non-Self

Johnjoe McFadden, Ellen Clarke
What the world is made of

Katie Robertson, Paul Davies, Rupert Sheldrake, Hilary Lawson
Necessity and Lies

Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Roache and Hilary Lawson
The Good and The Evil

Tommy Curry, Rebecca Roache and Massimo Pigliucci
Lost in Language

Hilary Lawson, Timothy Williamson and Maria Balaska
Society 2.0

Rory Sutherland, Thangam Debbonaire and Nemone Metaxas
The Search for Certainty

Simon Blackburn, Ruth Chang and Hilary Lawson
World History and The Baby Bust

Thangam Debbonaire, Tim Palmer, and Aveek Bhattacharya
Beyond the Darkness

Lisa Randall, Bjorn Ekeberg and Pavel Kroupka
This Land is My Land

Zoe Strimpel, Minna Salami and Rana Mitter
The Web Corporation

Tulip Siddiq, Luke Johnson, and Ben Tarnoff
Getting Everything, Losing Everything

Massimo Pigliucci, Anders Sandberg and Mazviita Chirimuuta
Truth, Prejudice and the University

Aaron Bastani, Tommy Curry, Kathleen Stock
Overcoming Trauma

Ian Parker, Sarah Garfinkel and Joanna Kavenna
China and the Art of Peace

Nigel Inkster, Cindy Yu and Chris Parry
The Ignorance of Experts

Julian Baggini, Ellen Clarke and Ben Burgis
Overcoming Tribal Division

Paul Dolan, Ella Whelan, and Myriam Francois
Love and Other Drugs

Anders Sandberg, Ella Whelan, Keith Ward
In Search of a Cleaner World

Chris Huhne
Life, Death, and Money

David Healey, Linda Bauld, Susan Michie
Desire and Being Desired

Catherine Hakim, Katherine Angel, and Peter Tatchell
The Weaker Sex?

Mary-Ann Sieghart, Minna Salami, Zoe Strimpel

Debates

Nature: Friend or Foe?

The Gene Machine

The Mystery of the Multiverse

Sins of the Past, Visions of the Future

Calvin Robinson, Kehinde Andrews and Myriam Francois

Predicting the Future

Vince Cable, Izabella Kaminska and Juan Castaneda

The Future of Freedom

Sarah Garfinkel, Julian Baggini and Peter Godfrey-Smith

The Strangeness of the Universe

Bjorn Ekeberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, and Rupert Sheldrake

The Democracy Illusion

Tulip Siddiq, Aaron Bastani and Calvin Robinson

Camus vs Kafka

Andrea Elliott, Paul Muldoon and Emma Sulkowicz

Infinity in the palm of your hand

James Tartaglia, Isy Suttie

The Lessons of Failure

Shabnam Nasimi, Ezgi Basaran and Stefan Dercon

The Obscure, The Banal, and the Magical

Frank Turner, Hannah Sullivan, Janne Teller

Moral Facts and Moral Fantasy

Slavoj Zizek, Simon Blackburn and Joanna Kavenna

Anonymity: The Dream and the Nightmare

Stephen Kinsella, Victoria Baines and Hugh Tomlinson. Manveen Rana hosts.

Beyond the Self and the Non-Self

Johnjoe McFadden, Ellen Clarke

What the world is made of

Katie Robertson, Paul Davies, Rupert Sheldrake, Hilary Lawson

Necessity and Lies

Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Roache and Hilary Lawson

The Good and The Evil

Tommy Curry, Rebecca Roache and Massimo Pigliucci

Lost in Language

Hilary Lawson, Timothy Williamson and Maria Balaska

Society 2.0

Rory Sutherland, Thangam Debbonaire and Nemone Metaxas

The Search for Certainty

Simon Blackburn, Ruth Chang and Hilary Lawson

World History and The Baby Bust

Thangam Debbonaire, Tim Palmer, and Aveek Bhattacharya

Beyond the Darkness

Lisa Randall, Bjorn Ekeberg and Pavel Kroupka

This Land is My Land

Zoe Strimpel, Minna Salami and Rana Mitter

The Web Corporation

Tulip Siddiq, Luke Johnson, and Ben Tarnoff

Getting Everything, Losing Everything

Massimo Pigliucci, Anders Sandberg and Mazviita Chirimuuta

Truth, Prejudice and the University

Aaron Bastani, Tommy Curry, Kathleen Stock

Overcoming Trauma

Ian Parker, Sarah Garfinkel and Joanna Kavenna

China and the Art of Peace

Nigel Inkster, Cindy Yu and Chris Parry

The Ignorance of Experts

Julian Baggini, Ellen Clarke and Ben Burgis

Overcoming Tribal Division

Paul Dolan, Ella Whelan, and Myriam Francois

Love and Other Drugs

Anders Sandberg, Ella Whelan, Keith Ward

In Search of a Cleaner World

Chris Huhne

Life, Death, and Money

David Healey, Linda Bauld, Susan Michie

Desire and Being Desired

Catherine Hakim, Katherine Angel, and Peter Tatchell

The Weaker Sex?

Mary-Ann Sieghart, Minna Salami, Zoe Strimpel