[3] In 2012, the company was bought by art consultant Amelie von Wedel, Yana Peel (CEO of Serpentine Galleries), and David Legg (Commonwealth Bank of Australia Executive General Manager).

[5] In addition to debates, Intelligence Squared also hosts interviews, discussions, and panels with such figures as President Jimmy Carter, Eric Schmidt, Sheryl Sandberg, Malala Yousafzai, Patti Smith, and Werner Herzog.

These began in 2013 with "Verdi vs. Wagner", which was staged at London’s Royal Opera House with a sixty-piece live orchestra, Stephen Fry in the chair, and John Tomlinson singing Wotan.

Debates was established in the United States in 2006 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution with a mission to "raise the level of public discourse" in America.

[11] Intelligence Squared U.S. episodes have been broadcast on NPR since 2007,[23] in addition to Bloomberg Television,[24][25] BBC,[26] PBS,[27] Newsy,[28] C-SPAN,[29] and education streaming platform Wondrium.

[30] All Intelligence Squared events are recorded and released on the company’s YouTube channel[31] and as part of a weekly podcast series.

[38] Intelligence Squared has also staged events in partnership with Shell[36] on topics related to climate change and sustainable energy use.