Best Andrew Argue Podcasts (2025)

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Can Mathematics Fuel Creativity? With Marcus du Sautoy (Part One) 38:44

2h ago38:44

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From the earliest stone circles to Mozart’s obsession with numbers to the radically modern architecture of Zaha Hadid, maths and creativity are interwoven across time and space. Whether we are searching for meaning in an abstract painting or finding patterns in poetry, there are blueprints everywhere: symmetry, prime numbers, the golden ratio and m…

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What Can Ancient Civilisations Teach Us About Survival? With Lizzie Wade 46:22

1d ago46:22

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What if apocalypse isn’t the end of the world - but a chance to remake it? On today’s episode we’re joined by science journalist Lizzie Wade to explore Apocalypse, her bold new book about how catastrophe has shaped humanity’s past and can forge more just futures. Drawing on archaeology and anthropology, Wade reframes collapse not as destruction but…

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What Can The Stoics Teach Us About Capitalism? 44:31

2d ago44:31

44:31

In this episode of Intelligence Squared, financier, philanthropist, and author Robert Rosenkranz joins host Bill Browder for a thought-provoking conversation on how ancient wisdom can power modern achievement. Drawing from his latest book, The Stoic Capitalist, Rosenkranz explores how Stoic philosophy—rooted in ideas from 300 BC—can be applied to c…

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Are you morally ambitious? With Rutger Bregman (Part Two) 39:34

4d ago39:34

39:34

Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. To devote your career to the greatest challenges of our time. To be one of the best, but measured by a new standard of success.’ – Rutger Bregman The brightest minds of our generation may dream of changing the world. But in reality most high achievers will settle for making a lot o…

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Are you morally ambitious? With Rutger Bregman (Part One) 40:26

6d ago40:26

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Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. To devote your career to the greatest challenges of our time. To be one of the best, but measured by a new standard of success.’ – Rutger Bregman The brightest minds of our generation may dream of changing the world. But in reality most high achievers will settle for making a lot o…

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333 - The Drug Q & A episode with The Elders! 1:17:18

9d ago1:17:18

1:17:18

Greetings, Congregation! This week, as per Andrew's request, we do a drug q & a! Therefore, this is your trigger/content warning. There is some gnarly talk ahead. Andrew, Ben and Kenon ask everything theyve wanted to know about drugs and Jed's history, and it's a doozy. We barely scratched the surface, so be on the lookout for more like this! www.p…

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Author of Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman on How To Live Well (Part Two) 39:31

9d ago39:31

39:31

Acclaimed author and journalist Oliver Burkeman has captivated readers with his refreshing insights on how to embrace the finiteness of existence and find meaning in the everyday. Author of the bestselling book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and formerly a columnist for the Guardian, Burkeman challenges conventional productivity a…

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Author of Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman on How To Live Well (Part One) 39:27

12d ago39:27

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Acclaimed author and journalist Oliver Burkeman has captivated readers with his refreshing insights on how to embrace the finiteness of existence and find meaning in the everyday. Author of the bestselling book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and formerly a columnist for the Guardian, Burkeman challenges conventional productivity a…

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Jonathan Haidt on How to Free the Anxious Generation (Part Two) 39:37

12d ago39:37

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“This great rewiring of childhood, I argue, is the single largest reason for the tidal wave of adolescent mental illness that began in the early 2010s.” — Jonathan Haidt The mental health of young people has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. In recent months, debates have raged about the impact of smartphones on adolescent wellbei…

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332 - Patreon sneak peek Brad vs. American Express 49:47

14d ago49:47

49:47

Greetings congregation! So, in the c&od Patreon, there are DOZENS and DOZENS of old bonus episodes that are absolute gems. I've been listening back to them, and found this classic with Brad. If you want to hear literally hundreds more, go to www.Patreon.com/Churchandothersrugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Jonathan Haidt on How to Free the Anxious Generation (Part One) 44:06

13d ago44:06

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“This great rewiring of childhood, I argue, is the single largest reason for the tidal wave of adolescent mental illness that began in the early 2010s.” — Jonathan Haidt The mental health of young people has become one of the most pressing issues of our time. In recent months, debates have raged about the impact of smartphones on adolescent wellbei…

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A Cultural History of Privacy, with Tiffany Jenkins 59:46

15d ago59:46

59:46

What does it mean to have a private life? Our guest today is Tiffany Jenkins, a writer, cultural historian and broadcaster. She is the author of the acclaimed Keeping Their Marbles: How Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums and Why They Should Stay There, and a former honorary fellow in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She wro…

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Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War 1:37:35

18d ago1:37:35

1:37:35

For this week's Sunday Debate, we're dipping back into the archive to 2014, when we gathered a panel of expert historians to debate whether Britain was right to fight in the First World War, a tragedy that laid the foundations for decades of destructive upheaval and violence across Europe. To debate the issue, we invited leading historians Margaret…

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The Tree of Life: Mapping Evolution’s Greatest Story, with Max Telford 38:07

21d ago38:07

38:07

Understanding how the diversity of life on earth came to be is one of the greatest puzzles in biology. In his new book, The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle, Professor Max Telford charts a four-billion-year journey through the evolution of our planet, from humans, fish and butterflies to oak trees, mushrooms and bacteria. On today’s …

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Ritual, Ancestry, and Cultural History in Modern China, with Alice Mah 43:21

22d ago43:21

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What do we owe to the dead? What responsibilities do we inherit from the past, and how do they intersect with the crises of the present? In an era of ecological collapse and cultural dislocation, how can we meaningfully honour ancestral memory when the material sites of remembrance - tombs, villages, traditions - are themselves vanishing? In this e…

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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, with Laura Spinney 46:03

24d ago46:03

46:03

What if a single ancient language lay at the root of nearly half of the world’s spoken tongues? In today’s episode, acclaimed science writer and journalist Laura Spinney joins us to discuss her new book Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global. In Proto, Spinney takes us deep into the mystery of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) - a prehistoric language…

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Classic Debate: Austen vs Brontë 1:39:15

25d ago1:39:15

1:39:15

Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England. No writer matches Austen’s sensitive ear for the hypocrisy and irony lurking beneath the genteel conversation. That’s the argument of the Janeites, but to the aficionados of Emily Brontë they are the misguided worshippers of a circumscribed mind. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë dispensed …

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An Evening with Elif Shafak and Peter Frankopan 56:01

27d ago56:01

56:01

Elif Shafak’s award-winning novels are celebrated globally. Her work has been translated into 58 languages, and her latest, There Are Rivers in the Sky, is a testament to the power of storytelling across borders and cultures. This is an epic story of interconnection. Spanning ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary London, Shafak charts the lifespan of…

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331 - The Emogelicals ep. 10 special release! ft. Josh Patterson 1:34:36

27d ago1:34:36

1:34:36

Greetings, Emogelicals and Congregation! This week, we decided to release our TENTH episode of the patreon-exclusive show, The Emogelicals! Every month, Josh Patterson of rethinking faith get together and talk about emo music, Christianity, philosophy, and whatever deep, dark thoughts they get in to. So, that being said, this episode is more raw, o…

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Abundance: A New Blueprint for Liberal Politics, With Derek Thompson 50:58

29d ago50:58

50:58

What if the biggest threat to liberal democracy isn’t authoritarianism - but our failure to build? On today’s episode we’re joined by journalist Derek Thompson to unpack Abundance, a new vision of progressive politics co-authored by Thompson and Ezra Klein. In it, Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress a…

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The Illegals: A Secret History of Soviet Espionage, with Shaun Walker 53:19

1M ago53:19

53:19

On today’s episode: the untold history of Russia’s deep cover spy programme. Shaun Walker is an international correspondent for The Guardian. He reported from Moscow for more than a decade, and his coverage of Russia's war in Ukraine was shortlisted for the Foreign Reporter of the Year category at the British 2023 Press Awards. In his new book, The…

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Who Owns Our Digital Afterlives? With Carl Öhman 49:50

1M ago49:50

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These days, so much of our lives takes place online - but what about our afterlives? A recent study by the Oxford Internet Institute predicts that the number of deceased Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2070. As AI advances, a debate is growing over digital remains and what should be done with the vast amounts of data we leave behind. I…

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Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, with Moudhy Al-Rashid 42:44

1M ago42:44

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On today’s episode, Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid sheds light on the history of Ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, gave rise to writing, literature, astronomy, and law - shaping human history in ways that still resonate today. Drawing on her new book Between Two Rivers, Al-Rashid brings to life the stories of …

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330 - The Elders discuss Jed's "God's not Dead" moment, philosophy, tariffs, meditation, and "the Silence" 1:20:14

1M ago1:20:14

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Greetings, Congregation! This week, the Elders rejoin, this time with Ben, and do their best NOT to argue about Elon. (It only happens briefly). Jed had his own Gods not Dead moment in his philosophy class, and spoiler alert, the whole class is saved now. Andrew and Ben bring some white hot wisdom in regards to spiritual practice, and Andrew explai…

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The World in 2025 with Robert Kaplan: Finding A Way Through Permanent Crisis (Part Two) 39:47

1M ago39:47

39:47

We are entering a new era of global instability. The world is facing an era of war, climate change, great power rivalry and unprecedented technological advancement. In April 2025, geopolitical expert and bestselling author Robert Kaplan came to Intelligence Squared to analyse where the world is heading in 2025 and beyond. Drawing from the themes of…

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The World in 2025 with Robert Kaplan: Finding A Way Through Permanent Crisis (Part One) 39:13

1M ago39:13

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We are entering a new era of global instability. The world is facing an era of war, climate change, great power rivalry and unprecedented technological advancement. In April 2025, geopolitical expert and bestselling author Robert Kaplan came to Intelligence Squared to analyse where the world is heading in 2025 and beyond. Drawing from the themes of…

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Classic Debate: Ian Fleming vs John le Carré 1:10:57

1M ago1:10:57

1:10:57

They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painted our picture of post-war espionage: Fleming through the dashing figure of James Bond, with his lush locations and Martinis as icy as his heart; Le Car…

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John and Paul: A Beatles Love Story in Songs (Part Two) 38:47

1M ago38:47

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In 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney were two ordinary teenagers who met in suburban Liverpool and decided to play rock and roll together. Twenty-three years later that friendship came to a tragic end when Lennon was murdered. But those 23 years changed the world. Lennon and McCartney became global stars, created a body of work that has never bee…

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John and Paul: A Beatles Love Story in Songs (Part One) 37:58

1M ago37:58

37:58

In 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney were two ordinary teenagers who met in suburban Liverpool and decided to play rock and roll together. Twenty-three years later that friendship came to a tragic end when Lennon was murdered. But those 23 years changed the world. Lennon and McCartney became global stars, created a body of work that has never bee…

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Revisiting Wages for Housework, with Emily Callaci 42:33

2M ago42:33

42:33

Unpaid domestic labor has long been the invisible backbone of economies worldwide - but what if it were compensated? In this episode, historian Emily Callaci takes us inside the Wages for Housework movement, a bold and controversial campaign that emerged in the 1970s. Drawing on her new book, Wages for Housework: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a…

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Six Kings and the Making of the English State, with Caroline Burt and Richard Partington 54:52

2M ago54:52

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Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These two centuries witnessed savage political blood-letting - including civil war, deposition, the murder of kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords - as well as international warfare, devastating national pandemic, economic crisis and the first major peasant uprising in English histo…

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LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman on What Could Go Right with Our AI Future (Part Two) 38:39

2M ago38:39

38:39

Reid Hoffman is one of the world’s most influential and successful entrepreneurs. The co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI, Inflection AI and part of the original team at PayPal, he has built companies that have shaped the internet and AI revolutions of the twenty-first century. As part of Reid’s staunch commitment to Democracy, he was a supporter of K…

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LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman on What Could Go Right with Our AI Future (Part One) 37:43

2M ago37:43

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Reid Hoffman is one of the world’s most influential and successful entrepreneurs. The co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI, Inflection AI and part of the original team at PayPal, he has built companies that have shaped the internet and AI revolutions of the twenty-first century. As part of Reid’s staunch commitment to Democracy, he was a supporter of K…

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329 - Are Billionaires unethical? Let's argue about it ft. KenAndrew 1:16:03

2M ago1:16:03

1:16:03

Greetings, Congregation! This week, the Elders, sans Ben, have some lively and friendly conversation....just kidding. Andrew and Jed end up having another verbal brawl, this time about whether or not billionaires like Elon Musk are ethical. At least, that's what Jed is trying to say. Andrew is just wrong. Enjoy! music" The ghost of billy royalton b…

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The Rise of Spotify, with Liz Pelly 46:29

2M ago46:29

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Music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. But how did we get here, and what does it mean for artists, listeners, and the music industry as a whole? In today’s episode, journalist Liz Pelly unpacks the origins of Spotify, its meteoric rise, and its transformative impact on the way we create and experience music. Whilst …

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Kavita Puri and Sathnam Sanghera on War, Empire and the Untold Story of the Bengal Famine (Part Two) 45:01

2M ago45:01

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The Bengal Famine is the forgotten story of the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1944, at least three million Indians, all of whom were British subjects, died from starvation or diseases linked to malnutrition. It is one of the darkest chapters in colonial history, yet the memory of those millions who perished is not broadly nurtured in Britain, …

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Kavita Puri and Sathnam Sanghera on War, Empire and the Untold Story of the Bengal Famine (Part One) 41:06

2M ago41:06

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The Bengal Famine is the forgotten story of the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1944, at least three million Indians, all of whom were British subjects, died from starvation or diseases linked to malnutrition. It is one of the darkest chapters in colonial history, yet the memory of those millions who perished is not broadly nurtured in Britain, …

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Earthling Ed: How to Argue with a Meat Eater (Part Two) 33:53

2M ago33:53

33:53

Ed Winters, known to his millions of online followers as Earthling Ed, has perfected the art of persuasion. During his extensive career as an activist and educator, he has made the case for veganism everywhere from university campuses to live on GB News. His compelling and informative content has garnered millions of views, and earned him a dedicat…

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328 - Wildest Hotel Dope Stories ft. Jeannine from Chasing Heroine! 1:21:10

2M ago1:21:10

1:21:10

Greetings congregation! This week, Jed and Jeannine from Chasing Heroine trade off telling the craziest drug stories that happened in or around hotels! if you have been listening for a long time, you know Jed has quite a few! Be sure and check out Chasing Heroine if you haven't already. Music at the end of the episode by Eli Parris; You should be w…

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Earthling Ed: How to Argue with a Meat Eater (Part One) 33:08

2M ago33:08

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Ed Winters, known to his millions of online followers as Earthling Ed, has perfected the art of persuasion. During his extensive career as an activist and educator, he has made the case for veganism everywhere from university campuses to live on GB News. His compelling and informative content has garnered millions of views, and earned him a dedicat…

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Putin, with Catherine Belton (Part Two) 34:08

2M ago34:08

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This event was part of our Age of the Strongman series. Click here to see the other events in the series: https://www.intelligencesquared.com/the-age-of-the-strongman/. ---- War in Ukraine. Interference in democratic elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics to destabilise Europe. In recent years, Vladimir Putin has waged a relentless campai…

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The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Putin, with Catherine Belton (Part One) 39:18

2M ago39:18

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This event was part of our Age of the Strongman series. Click here to see the other events in the series: https://www.intelligencesquared.com/the-age-of-the-strongman/. ---- War in Ukraine. Interference in democratic elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics to destabilise Europe. In recent years, Vladimir Putin has waged a relentless campai…

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Do We Need a More Assertive Congress? 1:01:00

2M ago1:01:00

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Philip Wallach (follow on X) is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the book Why Congress, which he joins Richard Hanania to discuss. In this conversation, Hanania and Wallach review the historical role of Congress in American politics, focusing on key events from the FDR administration to the present. Wallach exp…

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George the Poet on Music, Memory, and the War on Blackness Art & Culture (Part Two) 29:29

2M ago29:29

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George Mpanga, known as George the Poet, is seen by many as one of the UK’s most compelling voices in poetry, music, and social commentary. Originally hailing from St Raphael’s Estate in Neasden, Mpanga has spent over a decade working at the intersection of art and politics reflecting on his upbringing to shed light on how race and inequality still…

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