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Npr Series Intelligence Squared U.S. Releases New App Allowing Listeners To Access Close To 100 Debates

Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) just released a new app that lets viewers enjoy live and archived audio and video from the provocative debate series. Ranked among Forbes' "5 Podcasts That Will Change the Way You Think," IQ2US brings two opposing sides together on the day's most important issues to cover timely, hard-hitting topics in foreign & domestic policy, science, religion, ethics, culture and more. The app adds yet another way viewers can engage with the series in addition to their livestreams, syndicated NPR show, downloadable podcasts, archived video and social media.

Malcolm Gladwell, Arianna Huffington, Karl Rove, Fareed Zakaria, David Brooks, Laura Ingraham, Christopher Hitchens, and Nouriel Roubini are just a few of the 400+ luminaries that have gone head-to-head in front of a live audience on critical issues that affect our everyday lives.

With the IQ2US app, you can:
· Watch debates LIVE in real time from anywhere in the world 
· Cast your vote on upcoming debates and during live debates
· Access the entire IQ2US podcast library, as heard by millions on NPR 
· Watch past debate broadcasts and highlights
· Send a question to the moderator during live debates
· Comment and engage with the debate on Facebook
· Tweet to IQ2US and join live Twitter debates

Download the app for iOS or Android: http://intelligencesquaredus.org/free-mobile-app

Intelligence Squared U.S. debates will resume in the fall with a full lineup available now on the app. Go here for more information on the series: http://intelligencesquaredus.org/

ABOUT INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S. DEBATES (IQ2US)
Founded in New York City in 2006 by Robert Rosenkranz, IQ2US reaches millions through podcasts, national NPR broadcasts, international webcasts and other digital media. The series has won a 2014 Clarion Award for Radio Regular Feature Program and the 2014 New York Festivals International Radio Bronze Award for Best Public Affairs. The debates have attracted some of the world's top thinkers, including Steven Forbes, Dr. Neal Barnard, Paul Krugman, Karl Rove, Malcolm Gladwell, and Arianna Huffington. With close to 100 debates, Intelligence Squared U.S. has encouraged the public to "think twice" on a wide range of provocative topics. Author and ABC News correspondent John Donvan has moderated IQ2US since 2008. The executive producer is Dana Wolfe.

 

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