Intelligence Squared Creators & Guests

Jenny Kleeman is a documentary film-maker and journalist known for her work on Channel 4's foreign affairs series Unreported World.

Linda Yueh is an economist, broadcaster, author, and host of the Intelligence Squared podcast.

Cory Efram Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

Peter Pomerantsev is a journalist, author, and TV producer.

Tiffany Jenkins is a writer and internet phenom.

Rebecca Boyle is a freelance science journalist who covers astronomy, physics, deep time, and climate change. She is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a frequent contributor at FiveThirtyEight.Boyle's work has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, Aeon, Wired, Popular Science, and other publications, and has twice been anthologized in the Best American Science & Nature Writing. Her first book, "Walking with the Moon: Uncovering the Secrets It Holds to Our Past and Our Future," was published in 2023.

Caroline Criado Perez is a feminist author, journalist, and activist.

Katy Hessel is an art historian, presenter, and curator dedicated to celebrating female artists.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business.

David Baddiel is a comedian, novelist, and television presenter.

Shaun Walker is the Guardian's central and eastern Europe correspondent.

Pandora Sykes is a journalist, podcaster, co-host of The High Low, and host of Doing It Right.

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for The New York Times and is the author of two books on habits and productivity, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and Smarter Faster Better.

Douglas Stuart is a writer and fashion designer.

Caroline Lucas is a British politician.

Martin Wolf is a British journalist who focuses on economics. He is the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.

Helen Lewis is a journalist, former deputy editor of the New Statesman, writer, and author of the book Difficult Women.

Ian Russell McEwan is an English novelist and screenwriter.

Jason Okundaye is a homosexual and culture writer.