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Welcome to the Intelligent Squared podcast. I'm producer Catherine Hughes.

In today's episode, we're bringing you a live recording from our Intelligent Time events series

which took place in collaboration with The New York Times.

In this conversation, recorded in 2019, award-winning actor Willem Dafoe speaks to The New York Times European Culture Editor Matthew Anderson.

Together they discuss Dafoe's long and varied career, its approach to acting, and his understanding of the changing film industry.

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