Hello, this is Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of BBC News and I'm here because I want

to talk to you about an event I'm doing with Intelligent Squared on the 2nd of November in London

and I'm going to be talking about the more than 30 years that I've spent reporting on major

events in the Middle East with my great friend and colleague over many, many years just in web

and I'm sure we'll talk about a few other things as well just in and I started at the BBC

on the same day in 1984 so if you'd like to join us either in person or online then visit

IntelligentSquared.com to find out more.

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 eBadrola.

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.

Just search energised wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to IntelligentSquared. I'm senior producer Connor Boyle. On the podcast today,

Asma Mir, the journalist television and radio broadcaster joins us to discuss her recent book

A Pebble in the Throat. It tells the story of Mir's childhood and teenage years growing up in 1970s

Glasgow while weaving in conversations about identity and the influence of her parents' generation

based in Pakistan in the 1950s. Joining her to discuss the book is Dina Nieri, the Iranian-American

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