Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
20 10 13: Last orders: calling time on the pub
19 10 13: Number crunching and ethics in the era of Big Data
19 10 13: Institutions on life support
19 10 13: Great leaders: born or made
19 10 13: Listening to music: a private or public activity?
19 10 13: Building trust or cleaning up the public realm?
19 10 13: Aurora, Sandy Hook, Boston…Reflections on Contemporary America
19 10 13: Babies, brains and bull***t?
19 10 13: In conversation: Russia
"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist
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