Hello, it's Kamala Ahmed here, and I'm here to tell you about energised, the brand

new podcast Intelligent Squared is launching in partnership with E. Bedrola.

The climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our time.

Temperatures are set to rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in

the next two decades, and increase that will cause irreversible damage to our planet.

But is there still hope?

If humans are to blame for climate change, then we must also provide the solutions.

And that's where energised comes in.

Join me as I bring together experts and policymakers to delve deep into the key issues at the heart

of the global drive towards net zero and the innovations that promise to accelerate the

energy transition and transform the way we live.

As such, energised wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Intelligent Squared, I'm producer Catherine Hughes.

Today on the podcast, we're joined by one of the most polarising voices in contemporary

literature, bright eastern Ellis.

His lengthy career, including novels Less Than Zero and American Psycho, has weathered

the storm of controversy, time and time again.

And he has now cemented his place as cultural icon and provocateur.

To speak about his latest novel, The Shards, Part Auto Fiction, Part Horror, he's joined

by a wood-winning author and journalist, Alex Preston.

Let's go to Alex now to hear more.

I'm joined today by bread eastern Ellis, a writer whose fame and sometimes infamy has

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