Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an Intelligence Square event I'm doing with the classicist, author and broadcaster Mary Beard.

Together we'll be discussing politics and power from the Caesars to Sunak who gets to win power who is excluded does

power always corrupt or are there 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

November at 7 p.m. B.st. Put your questions to us live as we discuss power and

politics down the ages.

Here and now the edges.

Here and now I give you my word. If you entrust me with the presidency,

I will draw on the best of us, not the worst.

I'll be an ally of the light, not the darkness.

It's time for us, for we, the people, to come together. I'm the only thing standing between the American dream

and total anarchy, madness and chaos. In the midst of a deadly global pandemic, on November 3rd, the United States will go to the polls for an era defining election.

In the coming weeks on Intelligence Squared, we'll be speaking to world leading experts about what's at stake in Biden versus Trump.

The most important election of our lifetime.

This is the most important election of our times.

Probably one of the most important elections of our lifetime. It is the most important election in our lifetime.

Politicians say every time, this is the most important election.

This one's really that important.

This one's really that important. Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to part one of the Intelligence Square U.S. election

mini-series. In this episode we were joined by Thomas Friedman, columnist at

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