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Consciousness and the World

Monday 11th January - 06:00 PM GMT

Consciousness and the World
Will new paradigms solve the mystery of consciousness?

Annaka Harris, Bernardo Kastrup, Hilary Lawson, Reza Negarestani

The Rational Animal

Monday 25th January - 06:00 PM GMT

The Rational Animal
Are humans truly rational creatures?

Dan Ariely, Paul Bloom, Patty Kostkova

Passion, Action and Hypocrisy

Monday 26th October - 06:00 PM GMT

Passion, Action and Hypocrisy
Is it the duty of all citizens to act on our beliefs

Aaron Bastani, Vince Cable, Emma Slade, John Zerzan

The Survival Paradox

Monday 9th November - 06:00 PM GMT

The Survival Paradox
Is evolution unable to account for truth?

Mazviita Chirimuuta, Graham Harman, Donald Hoffman

Our Saviour or Our Downfall

Monday 23rd November - 06:00 PM GMT

Our Saviour or Our Downfall
Will science save us or doom us?

Marc Edwards, Luc Julia, Güneş Taylor, Bret Weinstein

Getting Real about Global Power

Monday 7th December - 06:00 PM GMT

Getting Real about Global Power
Is the dominance of the West over?

Melissa Chan, Rana Mitter, Malcolm Rifkind, Cindy Yu

The Lounge: Open All Night

Monday 5th April - 05:30 PM BST

The Lounge: Open All Night
All Night
Introductory Session

Wednesday 6th October - 04:40 PM BST

Introductory Session
Speaker Session

Monday 10th January - 07:00 PM GMT

Speaker Session
Carry On The Conversation

Donald Hoffman, Eva Jablonka, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Iain McGilchrist, Michelle Montague

Everything and Nothing: Part One

Monday 10th January - 05:01 PM GMT

Everything and Nothing: Part One
Documentary Premier
Language and Power

Monday 8th March - 06:00 PM GMT

Language and Power
Can we ever truly understand eachother?

Kehinde Andrews, John McWhorter, L. A. Paul, Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Designer Babies

Monday 22nd March - 06:00 PM GMT

Designer Babies
Unlocking the future, or dangerous eugenics?

Jacob Appel, Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Bennett, Kári Stefánsson

Being Good and Being Authentic

Monday 5th April - 06:00 PM BST

Being Good and Being Authentic
Is morality becoming a fashion statement?

Julie Bindel, Jesse Norman, Mary Ann Sieghart, Jonathan Wolff

Status and Wonder

Monday 19th April - 06:00 PM BST

Status and Wonder
Do we overestimate the cultural value of art?

Peter Atkins, Isabel Hilton, Minna Salami, Polly Toynbee

The Necessity and Danger of Belief

Monday 10th May - 06:00 PM BST

The Necessity and Danger of Belief
Is an element of faith required for all beliefs?

Shami Chakrabarti, George Ellis, Philip Goff, Carlo Rovelli

Drugs, Death and Hypocrisy

Monday 7th June - 06:00 PM BST

Drugs, Death and Hypocrisy
The hypocrisies at the heart of drugs policy

Deirdre McCloskey, David Nutt, Peter Sjöstedt-H

The Search for Well Being

Monday 21st June - 06:00 PM BST

The Search for Well Being
How best should we look after ourselves?

Jonny Benjamin, Miguel Farias, Lucy Johnstone, Nicholas Pinnock

Stepping into the Unknown

Monday 5th July - 06:00 PM BST

Stepping into the Unknown
On the verge of a new fundamental force

Paul Davies, Renee Fatemi, Chris Impey

The Final Wave

Monday 19th July - 06:00 PM BST

The Final Wave
Free Speech and Feminism

Myriam François, Ruth Michaelson, Sonia Poulton, Peter Tatchell

Mind, Maps and Reality

Monday 2nd August - 06:00 PM BST

Mind, Maps and Reality
Why do we see patterns in everything?

Maria Balaska, Quassim Cassam, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Hilary Lawson

The New Roaring 20s

Monday 16th August - 06:00 PM BST

The New Roaring 20s
Will this century give in to hedonism?

Yaron Brook, Soma Ghosh, Güneş Taylor, Steve Taylor

The Time of Our Lives

Monday 6th September - 06:00 PM BST

The Time of Our Lives
Do we worry too much about time?

Sarah Jaffe, John Paetsch, Ron Purser, Güneş Taylor

Democracy - A Failed Strategy?

Monday 4th October - 06:00 PM BST

Democracy - A Failed Strategy?
Is democracy still worth fighting for? - hosted by Linda Yueh

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Tom Brake, Alexander Guerrero, Taisu Zhang

The Inflation Crisis

Monday 18th October - 06:00 PM BST

The Inflation Crisis
Are we heading for the end of the capitalist dream?

Steve Hanke, Izabella Kaminska, Rana Mitter, Polly Toynbee

Catching Sight of Our Self

Monday 1st November - 06:00 PM GMT

Catching Sight of Our Self
Is knowing thyself and understanding our consciousness an impossible dream?

Anil Ananthaswamy, Betty Sue Flowers, Iain McGilchrist, Bence Nanay

The Next Environmental Crisis

Monday 15th November - 06:00 PM GMT

The Next Environmental Crisis
Are our current solutions just a short term fix?

Judith Curry, Martin Rees, Thomas Sterner, Linda Yueh

The Good, The Great and The Ghosts of the Past

Monday 6th December - 06:00 PM GMT

The Good, The Great and The Ghosts of the Past
Are we losing faith in the new and reverting to tradition?

Myriam François, Jenni Murray, Stuart Semple, Grafton Tanner

The End of Everything

Monday 10th January - 05:00 PM GMT

The End of Everything
Should we abandon the dream of a theory of everything?

Brian Greene, Catherine Heymans, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michio Kaku, Michael Shermer, Eric Weinstein

Corporations vs The People

Monday 7th March - 06:00 PM GMT

Corporations vs The People
Who rules the world?

Daron Acemoglu, David D. Friedman, Nick Gillespie, Beata Javorcik, Yanis Varoufakis, Linda Yueh

Everything and Nothing: Part Two

Monday 10th January - 07:00 PM GMT

Everything and Nothing: Part Two
Documentary Premier
Big Sofa: Catherine Heymans

Monday 10th January - 05:20 PM GMT

Big Sofa: Catherine Heymans
Interactive Interview

Catherine Heymans

Solo Talk: Michio Kaku

Monday 10th January - 07:20 PM GMT

Solo Talk: Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku

Cosmo Sheldrake

Monday 10th January - 07:30 PM GMT

Cosmo Sheldrake
Exclusive performance
Headline Debate: The End of Everything

Monday 10th January - 06:00 PM GMT

Headline Debate: The End of Everything

Brian Greene, Catherine Heymans, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michael Shermer, Eric Weinstein

Debate Screening: Ukraine: The deceit of the West

Sunday 6th March - 05:01 PM GMT

Debate Screening: Ukraine: The deceit of the West

Tariq Ali, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Joseph Nye, Domitilla Sagramoso

Solo Talk: Yanis Varoufakis

Monday 7th March - 07:20 PM GMT

Solo Talk: Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

Big Sofa: David D. Friedman

Sunday 6th March - 05:15 PM GMT

Big Sofa: David D. Friedman
Interactive interview

David D. Friedman

Cyber Armies: How social media wins elections

Monday 7th March - 07:00 PM GMT

Cyber Armies: How social media wins elections
Exclusive documentary screening
Headline Debate: Corporations vs The People

Sunday 6th March - 06:00 PM GMT

Headline Debate: Corporations vs The People
Who rules the world?
Pattern Pusher

Monday 7th March - 07:30 PM GMT

Pattern Pusher
IAI Live April - The Enemy At The Gates

Monday 4th April - 05:00 PM BST

IAI Live April - The Enemy At The Gates
Ian Shapiro, Jennifer Nadel, Marci Shore, Michael Krepon

Frank Furedi, Michael Krepon, Jennifer Nadel, Stephen Sackur, Ian Shapiro, Marci Shore

Documentary - The Term: Opposing Putin

Monday 4th April - 05:01 PM BST

Documentary - The Term: Opposing Putin
From our friends at DOKBOX
Big Sofa Interview - Frank Furedi

Monday 4th April - 05:15 PM BST

Big Sofa Interview - Frank Furedi
How Fear Controls Our Lives

Frank Furedi, Alexis Papazoglou

Headline Debate - The Enemy At The Gates

Monday 4th April - 06:00 PM BST

Headline Debate - The Enemy At The Gates
Do we need an enemy to affirm our beliefs?

Frank Furedi, Jennifer Nadel, Stephen Sackur, Ian Shapiro, Marci Shore

Talk - The Truth About The Nuclear Threat

Monday 4th April - 07:30 PM BST

Talk - The Truth About The Nuclear Threat
Is mutually assured annihilation a real safeguard?

Michael Krepon

Documentary - Spell Your Name

Monday 4th April - 07:00 PM BST

Documentary - Spell Your Name
From our friends at DOKBOX
Music - George Cheetham

Monday 4th April - 07:30 PM BST

Music - George Cheetham
An exclusive performance
IAI Live May - The Dawn of Consciousness

Monday 9th May - 05:00 PM BST

IAI Live May - The Dawn of Consciousness
Donald Hoffman, Eva Jablonka, Iain McGilchrist, Michelle Montague, Bonaventura Majolo, Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Donald Hoffman, Eva Jablonka, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Bonaventura Majolo, Iain McGilchrist, Michelle Montague

Documentary - All in the Mind

Monday 9th May - 05:00 PM BST

Documentary - All in the Mind
From our friends at DOKBOX
Headline Debate - The Dawn of Consciousness

Monday 9th May - 06:00 PM BST

Headline Debate - The Dawn of Consciousness
Does consciousness spell catastrophe?

Donald Hoffman, Eva Jablonka, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Iain McGilchrist, Michelle Montague

Talk - The Evolution of War

Monday 9th May - 07:20 PM BST

Talk - The Evolution of War
Is war in our blood?

Bonaventura Majolo

Documentary - Darwin's Beagle

Monday 9th May - 07:00 PM BST

Documentary - Darwin's Beagle
From our friends at DOKBOX
Big Sofa Interview - Iain McGilchrist

Monday 9th May - 05:15 PM BST

Big Sofa Interview - Iain McGilchrist
The world isn't made of things

Iain McGilchrist

Live Music - Ren Harvieu

Monday 9th May - 07:30 PM BST

Live Music - Ren Harvieu

IAI Live July - The Shock of The Future

Monday 11th July - 05:00 PM BST

IAI Live July - The Shock of The Future
From quantum mechanics to the laws of physics - is the future in flux?

Bjørn Ekeberg, Lee Smolin, Emily Thomas, John Vervaeke, Francesca Vidotto, Stephen Wolfram

Headline Debate - The Shock Of The Future

Monday 11th July - 06:00 PM BST

Headline Debate - The Shock Of The Future
From quantum physics to the stock market crash, is the future fundamentally unpredictable?

Lee Smolin, Emily Thomas, John Vervaeke, Francesca Vidotto

Talk - The Crisis of Cosmology

Monday 11th July - 07:20 PM BST

Talk - The Crisis of Cosmology
What do we really know about the universe?

Bjørn Ekeberg

Big Sofa Interview - Stephen Wolfram

Monday 11th July - 05:15 PM BST

Big Sofa Interview - Stephen Wolfram
Simple laws, complex universe

Stephen Wolfram

Documentary - The Risk Factor

Monday 11th July - 05:00 PM BST

Documentary - The Risk Factor
From our friends at DOKBOX
Documentary - The Secrets of Quantum Physics

Monday 11th July - 07:00 PM BST

Documentary - The Secrets of Quantum Physics
From our friends at DOKBOX
Music - lotusbliss

Monday 11th July - 07:30 PM BST

Music - lotusbliss
IAI Live YouTube Special - Quantum Physics and the End of Reality

Monday 25th July - 06:00 PM BST

IAI Live YouTube Special - Quantum Physics and the End of Reality
Can quantum physics explain consciousness?

Sabine Hossenfelder, Brian Keating, Carlo Rovelli, Eric Weinstein

IAI Live August - The New 10 Commandments

Monday 8th August - 05:00 PM BST

IAI Live August - The New 10 Commandments
Can life be reduced to a rulebook?

Simon Baron-Cohen, Paul Bloom, Sophie Grace Chappell, Myriam François, Massimo Pigliucci

Music - Annie Dressner

Monday 8th August - 07:30 PM BST

Music - Annie Dressner
Documentary - The Mindful Revolution

Monday 8th August - 05:00 PM BST

Documentary - The Mindful Revolution
From our friends at DOKBOX
Talk - The Pleasure of Suffering

Monday 8th August - 07:20 PM BST

Talk - The Pleasure of Suffering
What makes a truly good life?

Paul Bloom

Headline Debate - The New 10 Commandments

Monday 8th August - 06:00 PM BST

Headline Debate - The New 10 Commandments
Can life be reduced to a rulebook?

Simon Baron-Cohen, Sophie Grace Chappell, Myriam François, Massimo Pigliucci

Big Sofa Interview - Simon Baron-Cohen

Monday 8th August - 05:15 PM BST

Big Sofa Interview - Simon Baron-Cohen
The Exodus of Empathy

Simon Baron-Cohen

Documentary - The First World

Monday 8th August - 07:00 PM BST

Documentary - The First World
From our friends at DOKBOX

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