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Last week, I spoke with the charming Markus Zusak, author of the best-selling The Book Thief and — most recently — a memoir, Three Wild Dogs and the Truth. We discussed chaos, community, creativity — and some wild canine compatriots. You can listen to our conversation here.

This January, I had the pleasure of speaking with Samuel Moyn about his recent book, Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times. You can listen to our conversation here.

In November 2024, I was invited to host a panel on AI and the future of warfare at Web Summit (in Lisbon) featuring Kenneth Cukier (The Economist) and Agnes Callamard (Amnesty International). To watch a recording of this discussion, click here. The full podcast (from Intelligence Squared) is available here.

In October 2024, I spoke with the journalist Dan Hancox about his book, Multitudes. You can listen to our discussion, now live for Intelligence Squared, here.

In October, I spoke with the journalist Dan Hancox about his book, Multitudes. You can listen to our discussion, no live for Intelligence Squared, here.

In September, I spoke with the philosopher Roman Krznaric about his new book, History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity. You can listen to our conversation (for Intelligence Squared) here.

In July 2024, I spoke with the science journalist Olive Heffernan about her new book, The High Seas, for Intelligence Squared. You can listen to that conversation here.

In April 2024, I interviewed the Japanese philosopher and economist Kohei Saito (University of Tokyo) about his new book, Slow Down, for Intelligence Squared. You can listen here.

In December 2023, I interviewed Prof David Runciman (University of Cambridge) about his new book, The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States, and AIs, for the Intelligence Squared Podcast Series. That conversation is now live — listen here.