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The Academy of Ideas hosts a yearly two-day festival, the BATTLE OF IDEAS. We also produce satellite events for the Battle of Ideas across the UK and Europe. Find out more at the Battle of Ideas Festival website.

We also produce standalone events, as well as podcasts of our debates and discussions of current events.

The Academy of Ideas founded the acclaimed Sixth Form debating competition, DEBATING MATTERS, a weekend summer university, THE ACADEMY, and LIVING FREEDOM, a residential school in London for 18- to 25-year-olds. These educational projects are now organised by a new charity, boi. Find out more about the charity's work here.

latest podcasts

Thursday 14 February

How fear works

Listen to Professor Frank Furedi discuss his latest book at the Battle of Ideas Festival 2018.

Friday 8 February

Automatic lovers: should we be worried about sex robots?

Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas 2018.

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We produce a new podcast each week, featuring recordings from our events, like the Battle of Ideas Festival, and our magazine show, the Podcast of Ideas.

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latest updates

in the media Friday 11 January

‘Parliament is at odds with the People’

in the media Monday 31 December 2018

Nanny’s back – and we don’t mean Mary Poppins

in the media Friday 9 February 2018

Stranger than fiction

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