The Lincoln in the Bardo author is back with another metaphysical tale. He discusses Buddhism, partisan politics and the terrifying flight that changed his life

Months before 9/11, a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara. Everyone survived but no one quite recovered. How do you measure the cost of a disaster averted?

As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.

From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 17/02/2025 · 39m

As her memoir of losing her sons is published, the author talks about radical acceptance, and how writing fiction helped her to prepare for tragedy

As her memoir of losing her sons is published, the author talks about radical acceptance, and how writing fiction helped her to prepare for tragedy

The Japanese-American author of unsettling new novel Audition talks about why fiction isn’t frivolous, family life with fellow writer Hari Kunzru, and how US authors are facing a critical moment

A visit with a family in mourning

Scientists want to conduct human trials on supporting premature babies outside of their mother’s bodies, but the British public has reservations

A whole political and cultural era is passing, and who better than the Duchess of Sussex as a symbol of all we have left behind, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

James Harrison earned the nickname “The Man With the Golden Arm” because his blood had a rare antibody that may have helped more than two million babies in Australia. He died at 88.

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 17/02/2025 · 39m

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Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 17/02/2025 · 39m