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    <description><![CDATA[Intelligence Squared U.S. brings Oxford-style debating to America-- one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion and three against. Past topics have included religion in America, Hamas, and Hollywood.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Intelligence Squared U.S. brings Oxford-style debating to America-- one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion and three against. Past topics have included religion in America, Hamas, and Hollywood.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Good Riddance To Mainstream Media?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As newspapers go under, the network newscasts lose viewers and the mainstream media in general see more and more of their audience shift online, are we as a society better or worse off? A panel of experts debates.]]></description>
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      <title>Can The U.S. Succeed In Afghanistan, Pakistan?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration considers its options in Afghanistan &mdash; especially whether to send more troops &mdash; a more fundamental question continues to be raised about the conflict there: Is the United States doomed to fail? A panel of experts takes on the topic in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the Obama administration considers its options in Afghanistan &mdash; especially whether to send more troops &mdash; a more fundamental question continues to be raised about the conflict there: Is the United States doomed to fail? A panel of experts takes on the topic in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Will 'Buy American' Policies Backfire?</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Buy American" provisions included in legislation such as President Obama's stimulus package have touched off a heated debate. A panel of experts argues whether they help or hurt the United States in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Buy American" provisions included in legislation such as President Obama's stimulus package have touched off a heated debate. A panel of experts argues whether they help or hurt the United States in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Is Diplomacy With Iran Going Nowhere?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is making an effort to reach out to Iran, but is it on a path to nowhere? Or is it that diplomacy with Iran has never really been given a chance to work? A panel of experts tackled those questions in a recent Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:43:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Is It Wrong To Pay For Sex?</title>
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      <title>Who's To Blame For The Financial Crisis?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Who should bear more of the blame for the financial collapse: Washington or Wall Street? A panel of six experts recently took on that question in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:33:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who should bear more of the blame for the financial collapse: Washington or Wall Street? A panel of six experts recently took on that question in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>On Ethics, Is Art Market Worse Than Stock Market?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some say the art market is even riskier for potential investors than the stock market. A panel of experts takes on the topic in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:52:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some say the art market is even riskier for potential investors than the stock market. A panel of experts takes on the topic in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>On Ethics, Is Art Market Worse Than Stock Market?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some say the art market is even riskier for potential investors than the stock market. A panel of experts takes on the topic in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:04:35 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Is Reducing Carbon Emissions Worth The Cost?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Addressing climate change on a global, governmental level is still a matter of heated debate. A panel of six experts recently took on the issue as part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:07:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Addressing climate change on a global, governmental level is still a matter of heated debate. A panel of six experts recently took on the issue as part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Is Bush The Worst President Of The Past 50 Years?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Former Bush adviser Karl Rove defends the president's legacy in an Oxford-style debate, part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series. Rove and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol face off on the topic against Slate editor Jacob Weisberg and Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:58:52 -0500</pubDate>
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