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Academy of Ideas

The Academy of Ideas has been organising public debates to challenge contemporary knee-jerk orthodoxies since 2000. Subscribe to our channel for recordings of our live conferences, discussions and sal... Read more

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#BattleFest2018: Understanding anti-Semitism today

#BattleFest2018: Understanding anti-Semitism today

Recording of a debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2018. From racist attacks to ominous  propaganda, anti-Semitism ... Read more

22 Feb 2019

1hr 36mins

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#BattleFest2017: Silicon Valley - from heroes to zeroes?

#BattleFest2017: Silicon Valley - from heroes to zeroes?

Silicon Valley used to be regarded as the global hub of entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. It was the home of ... Read more

26 Mar 2018

1hr 16mins

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#BattleFest2019: What is the future of the Union?

#BattleFest2019: What is the future of the Union?

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. The result of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 ... Read more

20 Dec 2019

1hr 30mins

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#BattleCry: Cathy Young on the rise of the alt-right

#BattleCry: Cathy Young on the rise of the alt-right

Cathy Young, contributing editor at Reason magazine and columnist for Newsday, talks to Max Sanderson about the recent p... Read more

20 Sep 2017

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#BattleFest2019: Resisting wokeness with Andrew Doyle and Douglas Murray

#BattleFest2019: Resisting wokeness with Andrew Doyle and Douglas Murray

Recording of a discussion at the Battle of Ideas festival 2019 (https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/resisting-woken... Read more

12 Mar 2020

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#BattleFest2017: Was it Big Data wot won it? Political campaigning today

#BattleFest2017: Was it Big Data wot won it? Political campaigning today

How could so many people be convinced to vote for Donald Trump? Why did so many Brits vote to leave the EU, despite almo... Read more

18 Mar 2018

1hr 28mins

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#PodcastOfIdeas: first thoughts on General Election 2019

#PodcastOfIdeas: first thoughts on General Election 2019

The results of yesterday's UK General Election throw up many different issues. Why did the Conservatives end up winning ... Read more

13 Dec 2019

38mins

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#BattleFest2019: Do we need a Green New Deal?

#BattleFest2019: Do we need a Green New Deal?

Recording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 3 November 2019, in partnership with City of London Corp... Read more

1 Feb 2020

1hr 30mins

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#BattleFest2019: What does it mean to be normal?

#BattleFest2019: What does it mean to be normal?

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. There is something of an obsession with ‘normality’ today. ... Read more

7 Dec 2019

1hr 12mins

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#BattleFest2019: Interrogating anti-Semitism with Deborah Lipstadt and Frank Furedi

#BattleFest2019: Interrogating anti-Semitism with Deborah Lipstadt and Frank Furedi

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. A recent EU report found 89 per cent of Jews living in memb... Read more

26 Nov 2019

1hr 10mins

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#BattleFest2019: How can we create a new industrial revolution?

#BattleFest2019: How can we create a new industrial revolution?

Recording of the debate at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 3 November 2019, in partnership with City of London Co... Read more

20 Feb 2020

1hr 27mins

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#BattleFest2019: Caster Semenya running into controversy - genes, gender and sport

#BattleFest2019: Caster Semenya running into controversy - genes, gender and sport

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled women with nat... Read more

16 Dec 2019

1hr 13mins

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#BattleFest2019: The rise of toxic politics - can we be civil?

#BattleFest2019: The rise of toxic politics - can we be civil?

A recording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 3 November 2019. The angry exchanges in parliament aft... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr 31mins

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#BattleFest2018: What is a woman anyway?

#BattleFest2018: What is a woman anyway?

A recording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival 2018 in London on Saturday 13 October. What does it mean to be a... Read more

14 Jan 2019

1hr 21mins

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#BattleFest2018: How fear works

#BattleFest2018: How fear works

A recording of a discussion at the Battle of Ideas Festival 2018. Published in 1997, Frank Furedi’s book Culture of Fear... Read more

14 Feb 2019

1hr

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#BattleFest2019: Health and genomics - what’s the score with polygenic scores?

#BattleFest2019: Health and genomics - what’s the score with polygenic scores?

Recording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 3 November 2019. Debate is growing about the use of a ge... Read more

26 Feb 2020

1hr 1min

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#BattleFest2018: All change - navigating the new political disruption

#BattleFest2018: All change - navigating the new political disruption

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas 2018. Whatever way we read today’s political disruptions, change is in the... Read more

7 Dec 2018

1hr 27mins

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#BattleFest2018: Rule Book Britain -are we in love with legislation?

#BattleFest2018: Rule Book Britain -are we in love with legislation?

A recording of a debate at the Battle of Ideas 2018 festival at the Barbican on Sunday 14 October, produced in partnersh... Read more

30 Nov 2018

55mins

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#BattleFest2019: Woke corporations - responsible capitalism or virtue signalling?

#BattleFest2019: Woke corporations - responsible capitalism or virtue signalling?

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. Earlier this year, Gillette produced an advert aimed at cha... Read more

9 Dec 2019

1hr 34mins

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#BattleFest2019: The Life of Brian at 40 - are we more easily offended today?

#BattleFest2019: The Life of Brian at 40 - are we more easily offended today?

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019. Monty Python’s Life of Brian was released in the UK on 8 No... Read more

4 Dec 2019

1hr 28mins

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