The 12 Books of Christmas, Part 4 – Jonathan Freedland, Will MacAskill and Katherine Rundell

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🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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For our final look at some of the best books to have hit shelves in 2022, we dive back into standout discussions from the past 12 months including Jonathan Freedland, whose book, The Escape Artist, tells the story of Auschwitz escapees Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler. We also revisit our discussion with philosopher Will MacAskill, whose book, What We Owe The Future, claims that society needs to take a far longer-sighted view of how altruism can be effective. The book has also come under scrutiny in the latter half of 2022 due to its influence on the behaviour of billionaire philanthropists. We finish the 12 Books of Christmas with a sneak preview from our upcoming episode with author Katherine Rundell. Her latest book, The Golden Mole, celebrates the irreplaceable diversity found within the animal kingdom. ... 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 for just £14.99 a month. Visit intelligencesquaredplus.com to start watching today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Kamala Ahmed here, and I'm here to tell you about energised, the brand
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1:04.8	Welcome to Intelligent Squared, I'm Connor Boyle.
1:07.8	All this week we've been counting down our 12 books of Christmas, Great Reads and the
1:12.2	authors behind them whose ideas have expanded our horizons over the past 12 months.
1:20.0	On today's final episode, we have journalist Jonathan Friedland telling the story of
1:24.3	Rudolf Verba, whose escape from Auschwitz helps spread the story of the Nazis' death
1:28.4	camps to the world.
1:29.8	We'll be hearing from philosopher Wilma Casgel about his million year view of the future
1:34.4	and Catherine Rundle on the weird and wonderful creatures of our natural world.
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