Intelligence Squared Returns to Bloomberg Television

This Monday, September 20th at 9:00 PM /ET, Bloomberg Television will debut the new season of Intelligence Squared US (IQ2 US), the Oxford-style debate series featuring top lawmakers, economists, journalists and pundits discussing provocative issues of the day.

The new season will include debates on subjects from Islam to Big Government and will feature prominent debaters such as former Senator Phil Gramm, women’s rights advocate Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Obama Economic Adviser Laura Tyson, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former CIA Director Michael Hayden.

Tune into Bloomberg Television to see the following debates:

Monday, September 20th at 9 PM/ET

“Treat terrorists like enemy combatants, not criminals.”

Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden and Marc Thiessen, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, debate David Frakt, law professor at Barry University and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps., and Stephen Jones, former defense counsel for Timothy McVeigh (Repeats 9/21 and 9/22 at 9 PM/ET)

Monday, October 11th at 9 PM/ET

“Islam is a religion of peace.”

Quilliam Foundation Director Maajid Nawaz and Zeba Khan, writer and founder of Muslim-Americans for Obama, debate Ayyan Hirsi Ali, author of “Infidel” and founder of AHA Foundation, and Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social Cohesion (Repeats 10/12 and 10/13 at 9 PM/ET)

Monday, November 1st at 9 PM/ET

“Big government is stifling the American spirit.”

Economist Art Laffer and Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) debate economists Nouriel Roubini and Laura Tyson (Repeats 11/2 and 11/3 at 9 PM/ET)

Monday, November 15th at 9 PM/ET

“Afghanistan is a lost cause.”

Former Marine Corps Captain Matthew Hoh and journalist Nir Rosen debate Max Boot, Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and Peter Bergen, journalist and CNN terrorism analyst (Repeats 11/16 and 11/17 at 9 PM/ET)

Monday, November 29th at 9 PM/ET

“U.S. airports should use racial and religious profiling.”

Deroy Murdock, columnist and National Review editor, White House counsel Bob Baer and journalist and author Asra Q. Nomani debate Deb Burlingame, co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America, along with Asia Society fellow Hassan Abbas and Michael Chertoff (Repeats 11/30 and 12/1 at 9 PM/ET)