2024-12-11
1 小时 0 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
For the next 12 episodes of the podcast, we'll be looking back at the year 2024.
The team at Intelligence Squared has selected 12 standout conversations from the year to share with you.
And what a year it's been.
Our very first pick of the year is a debate we staged in October in London to celebrate the publication of our first ever book.
Is Free Speech Under Threat?
For more than for two decades, Intelligence Squared has brought together the most brilliant minds in the world to debate the issues that matter in a respectful and civil manner.
That's why we were thrilled to work with the Bodley Head to bring this mission to the world of print with a new book series called Think Again.
The series will address today's most challenging and important questions in a uniquely constructive format.
Two expert, contrasting and equally persuasive views in a single volume.
Is Free Speech Under Threat?
Is our first title in the series.
This is a topic that always generates debate, but perhaps now more than ever, it feels like a particularly heightened conversation and one of huge importance.
BBC broadcaster Johnny diamond hosted a live debate between our two essayists at Conway Call in London earlier this year.
Those essayists are Suzanne Nossel.
She recently served as the CEO of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization.
She's the author of Dare To Defending Free Speech for All.
In previous years, she has been a leader in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, including roles in organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
And she's advocated for human rights and humanitarian issues as part of both the Obama and Clinton administrations.