Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event

I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing

politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded,

does power always corrupt, or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while

an authority. And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures?

These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer.

In person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th of November

at 7pm BST. Put your questions first live as we discuss power and politics down the edges.

Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligence Squared.

Before we begin, I wanted to introduce you to a podcast from our partners at Sony,

we think you'll really enjoy. It's Cole Cheat. We love to hate them, people who cheat the

system, large-scale cheat, social media cheats. But in this climate of fast news,

short attention spans and 280 characters, do we ever get the full picture on those who cheat?

The system. Cheat is a new podcast, digging underneath the surface to tell the inside story

behind some of the biggest scandals in contemporary history. From the coughing major,

who cheated his way to winning 1 million pounds to the boxer, who beat his opponent by

coating his knuckles in cement, these stories of cheats will introduce you to the controversial

and contentious figures in the world of pop culture, business, sports, politics, and love,

and fully investigate their rise and fall. We're going to play you a short clip from their series

later in the show, but if you're keen to learn more, follow Cheat or search for Cheat in your

favorite podcast platform. But now moving on to today's episode, we're joined by a claim singer

songwriter, David Gray, best known for his album White Ladder, with chart topping tracks,

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