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Open to Debate

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Open to Debate

@OpentoDebateOrg

America is more divided than ever—but it doesn’t have to be. Weekly debates on @NPR, @SubstackInc, @YouTube, @Spotify, @ApplePodcasts. Formerly IQ2US.

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Oct 24, 2025
Should birthright citizenship remain an unshakable American right—or is it time to reconsider who’s entitled to it? This debate dives into the 14th Amendment, immigration, and what it really means to be born in the U.S.A. Featuring debaters @krismayes @MarkSKrikorian
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Aug 5, 2023
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Garry @Kasparov63 supports Ukraine joining @NATO. “[Ukraine doesn't] exist, to Putin. We should look at this war as... either we win or we lose. Recognizing this is important for @NATO's integrity. The fact that Ukraine is still waiting its turn... makes the situation worse.”
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Mar 2, 2016
Fear of being called racist is silencing #freespeech on campuses argues @JohnHMcWhorter. #IQ2USLive snpy.tv/1WU1mI9
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Jun 9, 2020
"You are either for Trump or for democracy at this point." IQ2US alum @JRubinBlogger argues that the White House has deliberately incited violence and violated protestors' constitutional rights. wapo.st/2zcc2Su
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Sep 19, 2016
.@BDomenech on #Trump: The liberal media cried wolf and the wolf showed up. smarturl.it/TrumpDebate #IQ2USLive snpy.tv/2d6nofs
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Aug 5, 2023
500+ days of the Russian-Ukraine invasion. This week's #debate is on whether the reasoning for accepting Ukraine to @NATO is justified. Garry @Kasparov63 argues yes. @Renew_Democracy @CharlesKupchan argues no. @Georgetown @gilliantett guest moderates. @FT
Should NATO Admit Ukraine?
From opentodebate.substack.com
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Nov 12, 2020
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"Anyone who says this new public debt must be repaid later with more cuts to basic services and social insurance is obviously a fool. We’re in this debacle because we listened to such people for far too long." – Economist James K. Galbraith
Bad Economic Theory and Practice, Demolished - The American Prospect
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Aug 17, 2024
Is undermining trust in our institutions not just a side effect, but a strategy? @briantylercohen accuses @GOP of breaking government to prove it doesn’t work. Watch his in-depth discussion with @nickgillespie now on OpentoDebate.org or @YouTube. youtu.be/zhLth-UmXRE
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Mar 28, 2018
Our latest debate is now up! Watch: "The More We Evolve The Less We Need God" with @DeepakChopra @heather_berlin @michaelshermer @DrAnoopKumar smarturl.it/ReligionDebate
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Mar 15, 2021
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“I am convinced that we will never overcome the evils of racism as long as we fail first to imagine and then to conjure a world free of racial categorization and the hierarchies it necessarily implies.” – @thomaschattwill
My Family’s Life Inside and Outside America’s Racial Categories (Published 2019)
From nytimes.com
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Jul 22, 2025
.@ManhattanInst's @JessicaBRiedl: "The fact that Republicans can't get their own team together to be fiscally responsible and offset it does not justify the bill. Republicans aren't powerless here. They are the ones ultimately to blame for not being able to pass a tax bill unless
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Jul 27, 2022
Cast your #vote for: Should We Isolate #Russia? YES: Backing down from #Putin will not have the desired effect. Debaters @McFaul @rmkanev NO: We risk severe economic harm to ourselves and our allies. Debaters @EmmaMAshford @shaende Vote & Listen ⤵️ intelligencesquaredus.org/debate/debate-…
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Jun 10, 2025
"The only thing that Putin understands is a boot on the throat." @GMJCampaign's @Billbrowder criticizes U.S. presidents' approach to Putin. But @Yale's Thomas Graham pushes back, arguing past diplomacy yielded real results, and Trump is right to seek an end to the war in
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Oct 31, 2024
Top media forecaster @NateSilver538 joined us live last week at @maxwellsocial for an extended dialogue with @nickgillespie. Tune in Friday to hear his thoughts on Trump, Harris, and the "toss-up" 2024 election.
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