Intellectuals Present: Tackling the Issues: Recent Episodes

The Intellectuals

Three avid podcasters just tackling the big issues of the world today.

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Although it has some of the largest proven black gold reserves in the world, Venezuela is swamped with chaos across the country, with millions suffering from shortages of everything from food to medicine. How did this come to be? The intellectuals take a stab at explaining the causes and events that led to such a systemic failure of governance.

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In this episode we delve below the sea to explore the political and economic significance of having your landmass not immediately slope down into the ocean floor.......

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The important information is in the podcast, its barely one and a half minutes, i am sure you will find time to listen :)

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Long overdue, this episode is the intellectual's take on the recent events in the USA, which resulted in protests not only in the country but around the world.

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Covid-19 has had drastic immediate impact across the globe, and yet its most significant or long lasting effects are yet to be fully experienced.........

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The Intellectuals get into the nitty-gritty of coronavirus, negative oil, murder hornets and the recent fires in Chernobyl. If audio quality is off we do apologize, due to social distancing regualtions we has to do this over the internet.

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Following a forward from Gabriel, the intellectuals dive into coronavirus as it was when this episode was finished, as well as maritime disasters and the election. Another fascinating listen.

DISCLAIMER: Guests are featured on the Intellectuals due their extensive research and knowledge in the subject matter. The views of the guests do not necessarily represent the views of the hosts.

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The intellectuals enlist new guest Tom Davidson to give us an overview of South China Sea situation to present. Riveting.

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Episode 3 of the miniseries. Sorry for Gabriel's microphone being quiet, fixed it for the next one.

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The intellectuals look at China's Belt and Road Initiative as part of the China Miniseries.

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The debuting episode for our new miniseries,  " China UNPACKED". The intellectuals delve into the behind the scenes of what is really going on with the significant amount of investments China is making, and why.

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A new episode in which we go into more bite size topics and use a few audio clips along the way - thanks Mish for those.

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Part 2 on the Freedom Ship - Intellectuals tackle the engineering and give some fun opinions towards the end.

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Part 1 of a two part series on one of the most ambitious engineering feats in history.

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Today we bring in special guest Frankie "Donk" Evers to present to us about the issues with large scale companies as well as how big companies stay big. This episode also provides a more in depth look some potential benefits of these conglomerate businesses, and delves into some interesting parts of stock market valuation.

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The intellectuals seemed to be at crossroads in the last episode but unite once more to discuss economic and engineering based solutions to the massive and pertinent issue of traffic in cities.

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A meaty podcast in which the intellectuals discuss the feasibility of businessman Andrew Yang's policies as he vies for the democratic nomination for President of the United States, featuring Yang fan Arjun "Junga" Dhawan.

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An absolute belter of an episode in which the intellectuals go into the deep end of gene editing, looking at positives and negative and where we go from here in such an interesting topic with special guest Sourav Roy.

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Today the Intellectuals discuss engineering in Formula One's effect on modern cars, with guests Jack Gravestock and returning star Tom 'Toggo' Morris for added intellectual input.

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The intellectuals present the issue of big data, what it is, why it is useful and it's ethical and legal implications.

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Today, the intellectuals discuss the future the podcast... 

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The Intellectuals draft in two Canadian thinkers to take part in a panel debate about the future of Canadian politics. Thanks to special guests Yousuf "Zia" Islam and Ollie Duthie.

3 days after the filming of this podcast, Andrew Scheer, head of the conservative party, stepped down from head of his party. An insane and unexpected turn of events, you will hear our guest speakers speak not very highly of Mr. Scheer. An interesting coincidence...

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A slightly longer one! We tackle overpopulation, population pyramids and China's One-Child Policy. Sorry about the cat - not really much we can do about that :(

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The Intellectuals tackle the issue of potential human rights violations in the Phillippines in response to drug use in the country.

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The intellectuals discuss the impacts of food shortages and famine as well as potential solutions with special guest Mayansh Upadhyaya.

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The intellectuals discuss stem cells and certain moral and ethical issues as opposed to benefits of stem cells and research.

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The intellectuals tackle Brexit with avid British consultant and friend of the show Tom "Toggo" Morris.

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The intellectuals tackle climate change with special guest Ryan Meherby.

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