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Every guest on Intelligence Squared

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Ryan Bourne

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Sally Ambrose

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Salman Al-Ansari

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Sam Greene
After Putin: The Reprisal · Jun 2023

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Samuel Earle

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Sarah Ditum
Fame, Women and the Toxic Noughties · Jan 2024

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Sarah Iles Johnston
Gods and Mortals: What Ancient Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Today · Apr 2023

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Sarah Jarvis
The Sunday Debate: The Bittersweet Truth About What We Eat · Aug 2022

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Saul David

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Secunder Kermani
Iraq: 20 Years On | ISIS, Terror and Extremism · Mar 2023

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Sheila Bird

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Shreeta Lakhani

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Shumon Basar
The Extreme Present: An Evening of Self-Help for Planet Earth · Apr 2015

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Simon Chin-Yee

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Simon Heffer
Between You and I The English Language Is Going To The Dogs · 2 episodes

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Simon Shuster
The Showman: How Volodymyr Zelensky Shines on the World Stage · Feb 2024

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Sophie McBain

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Spandana Gopal

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Srikanth Padmanabhan
The Great Energy Transition: What needs to happen between 2030 and 2050 to reach net zero? · Nov 2022

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Stephen Bayley

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Stephen Halbrook

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Steve Cooke

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Subhadra Das

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Sudha David-Wilp

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Surekha Davies
Humans: A Monstrous History · Feb 2025

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Susan Abulhawa
Fight Your Own Battles: Foreign powers shouldn't intervene in the Middle East · Nov 2015

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Susan Pawlby

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Susanne Wedlich
Slime: A Gooey Natural History · Dec 2022

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Susie Symes

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Suzanne Evans

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Tadzio Müller

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Tam Hussein

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Tariq Ramadan
Europe is failing its Muslims · Aug 2015

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Theo Balcomb

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Theresa Villiers

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Vera Kloettschen

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Victoria Prew

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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

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Vladimir Pozner
The Sunday Debate: It's time to bring Russia in from the cold: Rapprochement is in the West's best interests · 2 episodes

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