The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 1 – Reni Eddo-Lodge, Orlando Figes and Elizabeth Williamson

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🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Intelligence Squared has enjoyed hundreds of great conversations on the podcast, across our online talks and onstage at our live events across 2022. For the festive season, we’re highlighting 12 voices whose books and work have both encapsulated the big themes of the year and enriched our listening over the past 12 months. For the first instalment, we listen back to conversations with writer Reni Eddo-Lodge discussing the new edition of her bestseller, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race. Plus, historian Orlando Figes on his book, The Story of Russia, and The New York Times' Elizabeth Williamson talks through her book, Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy, with fellow author and filmmaker Jon Ronson. ... Did you know that Intelligence Squared offers way more than podcasts? We’ve just launched a new online streaming platform Intelligence Squared+ and we’d love you to give it a go. It’s packed with more than 20 years’ worth of video debates and conversations on the world’s hottest topics. Tune in to live events, ask your questions or watch back on-demand totally ad-free with hours of discussion to dive into. The usual price is £14.99 a month, but we want to give our podcast listeners a special offer to try it out. For 10 days only, we’re offering a subscription for only £10 a month. Offer ends at midnight GMT on Tuesday 20th December. Visit intelligencesquaredplus.com and use the discount code MONTH10 or ANNUAL10 to start watching today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.6	Welcome to Intelligence Square. I'm Connor Boyle. We've had a huge number of big debates and
1:25.9	discussions this year on the podcast in our online talks and on stage at our live events in London too.
1:32.4	This week we're highlighting 12 episodes, some of which encapsulate the big themes of the world
1:37.6	we've been discussing in 2022 and some of which we just love to listen back to again.
1:44.0	Coming up on today's show, we're taking a trip into Russian history with Orlando Fijis and then
1:48.8	hurtling into the present with Elizabeth Williamson and John Ronson to dissect Alex Jones'
1:53.8	misinformation trial in relation to the Sandy Hook massacre. These are condensed versions of the
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