“A non-partisan, nonprofit debate organization, Intelligence Squared U.S. was founded in 2006 to restore civility, reasoned analysis, and constructive public discourse to today’s often biased media landscape. Recorded in front of a live, voting audience, IQ2US pursues this mission through an annual series of Oxford-style debates, featuring two teams of experts arguing for and against a provocatively worded resolution. The award-winning series has reached millions through multi-platform distribution, including live streaming (via FORA.tv), radio (225+ NPR stations nationwide), television (formerly on Bloomberg and PBS), podcasts, and interactive digital content. With close to 100 debates, Intelligence Squared U.S. has encouraged the public to “think twice” on a wide range of provocative topics. The debates have attracted some of the world’s top thinkers, including economist Paul Krugman, Dr. Neal Barnard, writer Malcolm Gladwell, former governor Howard Dean, philosopher Peter Singer, best-selling author Andrew Solomon, Monsanto chief technology officer Robert Fraley, former surgeon general David Satcher, entrepreneur Peter Thiel, activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, law professor Zephyr Teachout, and former CIA director Michael Hayden. Author and ABC News correspondent John Donvan has moderated IQ2US since 2008. Dana Wolfe is the executive producer. In January 2014, IQ2US debated the motion “Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue.” With the disastrous launch of the HealthCare.gov website, critics of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” were given more fuel for the fire. Was this political hot potato’s inevitability once again at stake? And was the medical community really on board with the law, or resisting (rewriting?) it from the sidelines? Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb teamed up with Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle to argue against Obamacare. In its defense: Jonathan Chait of New York magazine and Dr. Douglas Kamerow, the former Assistant Surgeon General.”
