Best Week In London Tweets Podcasts (2025)

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Salman Rushdie on Mortality, Memory and The Eleventh Hour 42:57

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Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include Midnight’s Children – for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary – Shame, The Sa…

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The Theme This Week is Boats! 54:36

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We recap RHOP S10 Ep4, RHOLDN Reunion Part 1 and RHOSLC S6 Ep 7. We'll recap Housewives Wife Swap and RHOC on the next episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Meredith's Bad Day! 1:23:22

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It's a week late, sorry! We recap Real Housewives of Potomac S10 Ep 4, Real Housewives of London S1 Finale, Real Housewives of Orange County S19 Ep 16 and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City S6 Ep6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What was the Iranian Revolution really about? With Scott Anderson 33:42

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Scott Anderson is a veteran foreign reporter and war correspondent, and a contributing writer for The New York Times. Over his career he has reported from Bosnia, Libya, Palestine and across the Middle East. In this episode, he spoke to host Hannah Lucinda Smith about his new book, King of Kings, a gripping account of the fall of the Shah of Iran, …

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Jeremy Hunt (Part Two) 36:48

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We’ve heard enough from the pessimists. Yes, these are hard times, but what investors, business owners and all of us need right now is not more despair about the economy, but a clear roadmap towards growth and prosperity. In October 2025, Jeremy Hunt came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share his vision of how we can achieve economic renewal. …

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Jeremy Hunt (Part One) 36:22

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We’ve heard enough from the pessimists. Yes, these are hard times, but what investors, business owners and all of us need right now is not more despair about the economy, but a clear roadmap towards growth and prosperity. In October 2025, Jeremy Hunt came to the Intelligence Squared stage to share his vision of how we can achieve economic renewal. …

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What Are The Essentials for Reimagining Work with AI Agents? 49:21

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We’re only at the very beginning of the AI transformation. The next big leap isn’t just smarter chatbots, it’s AI agents: tools that don’t just answer questions but loop, reason, and complete whole tasks within your workflows. In this episode, journalist and author Kamal Ahmed sits down with Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, to explain how a …

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part Two) 32:34

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The morning after Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, The New York Times front page declared: ‘America Hires a Strongman’. But is Trump really a ‘strongman’ and is it fair to put him in the same category of leaders as Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping? The Trump administration is already viewed by many commentato…

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part One) 37:39

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This event is part of our Age of the Strongman series. Click here to see the other events in the series. The morning after Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, The New York Times front page declared: ‘America Hires a Strongman’. But is Trump really a ‘strongman’ and is it fair to put him in the same category …

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Lyse Doucet on Reporting from the Frontlines (Part Two) 38:36

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As the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet has witnessed and reported on some of the most consequential events of our time. She has reported from Afghanistan since 1988, during the Soviet troop withdrawal, played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings reporting from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria, and h…

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Lyse Doucet on Reporting from the Frontlines (Part One) 36:26

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As the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet has witnessed and reported on some of the most consequential events of our time. She has reported from Afghanistan since 1988, during the Soviet troop withdrawal, played a leading role in the BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings reporting from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria, and h…

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An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part Two) 45:41

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‘Unforgettable characters, written with irrepressible verve and historical accuracy [...] thrums with swordswinging energy.’ ― Simon Sebag Montefiore The Hundred Years’ War was an age-defining conflict. The violent struggle between England and France spanned over a century and permanently transformed the art of European warfare itself. Rich with st…

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An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part One) 37:40

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‘Unforgettable characters, written with irrepressible verve and historical accuracy [...] thrums with swordswinging energy.’ ― Simon Sebag Montefiore The Hundred Years’ War was an age-defining conflict. The violent struggle between England and France spanned over a century and permanently transformed the art of European warfare itself. Rich with st…

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Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow 42:01

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How can we reverse the enshittification of digital platforms? With Cory Doctorow Why does every online platform seem to start out great - then slowly turn to garbage? Why do our digital public squares now feel more like corporate malls... or burning trash heaps? ‘Enshittification’ has been word of the year in the UK, USA and Australia. It's been pr…

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They are not in Scotland!!! 1:12:52

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We're back, with terrible editing and sound quality! We've had some serious technology issues - Sorry! We recap RHOP S10 Ep 1, RHOM S7 Reunion Part 1, RHOC S19 Ep 13, RHOSLC S6 Ep 4 and RHOLDN S1 Ep 8. Hopefully next week, we'll be back properly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part Two) 38:00

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‘There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.’ – Winston Churchill In a world where geopolitical alliances are fraying and tensions are rising, what can the fragile coalition that defeated Hitler teach us about the challenges facing the West today? In September 2025 historian Tim Bouverie came to the I…

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Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part One) 31:33

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‘There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.’ – Winston Churchill In a world where geopolitical alliances are fraying and tensions are rising, what can the fragile coalition that defeated Hitler teach us about the challenges facing the West today? In September 2025 historian Tim Bouverie came to the I…

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How Will the US Fight China? With Franz-Stefan Gady 1:08:23

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The threat of war between the US and China seems to be a constant background hum in the news cycle. Commentators often tackle when and why this conflict might emerge and escalate. But how would a war between the two great powers actually play out? Who would dominate across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace? In today’s episode, host Adam McCauley…

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The Specialist | The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt 16:48

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This is an episode of The Specialist, your weekly dose of wonder. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work through the eyes of those that know it best. On this episode, the extraordinary story of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — a car so rare and revered that few believed it would ever leave t…

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What Can Criminal Psychology Teach Us About Climate Change? With Julia Shaw 43:57

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Can criminal psychology offer us a new way to think about and combat climate change? In this episode, criminal psychologist Julia Shaw sits down with physicist and broadcaster Helen Czerski to offer a compelling new framework to understand environmental crime. While big structural issues often cloud political progress on climate action, Shaw takes …

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Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part Two) 31:42

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Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part One) 35:46

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Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director turned outspoken Trump critic, comes to Intelligence Squared in September for a straight-talking conversation on the fallout from Trump’s second presidency. From his brief but explosive tenure inside the Trump White House in 2017 to his career on Wall Street and success as co-host of ‘T…

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The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part Two) 38:25

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Malcolm Tucker. Pet ASBOs. A law requiring everyone in Britain to carry around a plastic bag. It’s been twenty years since Armando Iannucci‘s The Thick of It first brought the chaos and drama of the fictitious ‘Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship’ into our lives. First aired on the BBC in 2005, the show satirised the Blair government’s spi…

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The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part One) 37:26

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Malcolm Tucker. Pet ASBOs. A law requiring everyone in Britain to carry around a plastic bag. It’s been twenty years since Armando Iannucci‘s The Thick of It first brought the chaos and drama of the fictitious ‘Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship’ into our lives. First aired on the BBC in 2005, the show satirised the Blair government’s spi…

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Is AI About to Automate War? With Anthony King 1:05:00

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Are supercomputers and killer robots going to take over? In this episode, Adam McCauley speaks to professor and author Anthony King in order to debunk the science- fiction tinged narrative of AI’s military potential and to, instead, explore the actual applications of AI in the armed forces over the last decade. Professor Anthony King was appointed …

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part Two) 36:05

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Watch the full video of this event for free here: https://mailchi.mp/intelligencesquared/lw6gixq1t9 The transcript of this event is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvYGaOE-fnDQdFvrTLQjUGcrE6Ra0acN/view?usp=drive_link --- The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in…

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part One) 39:19

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Watch the full video of this event for free here: https://mailchi.mp/intelligencesquared/lw6gixq1t9 The transcript of this event is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvYGaOE-fnDQdFvrTLQjUGcrE6Ra0acN/view?usp=drive_link --- The most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of visionary. Born in…

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Salman Rushdie on Mortality, Memory and The Eleventh Hour 42:57

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Meredith's Bad Day! 1:23:22

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What was the Iranian Revolution really about? With Scott Anderson 33:42

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Jeremy Hunt (Part Two) 36:48

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The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Jeremy Hunt (Part One) 36:22

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What Are The Essentials for Reimagining Work with AI Agents? 49:21

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part Two) 32:34

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part One) 37:39

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Lyse Doucet on Reporting from the Frontlines (Part Two) 38:36

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Lyse Doucet on Reporting from the Frontlines (Part One) 36:26

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An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part Two) 45:41

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An Evening with Dan Jones on War, Plague and Lion Hearts (Part One) 37:40

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Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow 42:01

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They are not in Scotland!!! 1:12:52

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Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part Two) 38:00

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Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part One) 31:33

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How Will the US Fight China? With Franz-Stefan Gady 1:08:23

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The Specialist | The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt 16:48

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What Can Criminal Psychology Teach Us About Climate Change? With Julia Shaw 43:57

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Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part Two) 31:42

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Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part One) 35:46

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The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part Two) 38:25

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The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part One) 37:26

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Is AI About to Automate War? With Anthony King 1:05:00

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part Two) 36:05

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part One) 39:19