Quillette Podcast

Long-form conversations with scientists, writers, historians, and public intellectuals on the ideas shaping — and dividing — the Western world.

Mostly hosted by Jonathan Kay — Canadian journalist, author, and Quillette editor whose books include Among the Truthers, a landmark investigation into conspiracy culture. Kay brings a rare combination of intellectual range, genuine curiosity, and willingness to push back, whether the subject is evolutionary biology, cancel culture, geopolitics, or the philosophy of free speech.

Non-dogmatic, evidence-driven, and unafraid of controversy.

Politics
Society & Culture
News
1
Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021-26)...
45 min
2
Watching a Cancelled Novelist Confront His Fals...
37 min
3
Skeptic vs. ‘Doomer’: How Scared Should We Be o...
49 min
4
The Price of Affirmative Action in Canadian Aca...
35 min
5
Covering the Culture Wars
37 min
6
Politicising the Humanities: Sociology as Case ...
37 min
7
The ‘Sex Recession’ is Real
61 min
8
First Nations Chief, Podcast Pundit, Indigenous...
49 min
9
The Great Canadian Unmarked-Graves Social Panic...
55 min
10
Why the Enlightenment Matters
57 min
11
The Case Against State-Sanctioned Euthanasia
33 min
12
An Ivy League University Looks Inward
45 min
13
The Last Straight Woman
43 min
14
Is Fighting Antisemitism a Waste of Time?
31 min
15
Girls in an Online World
49 min
16
Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns
34 min
17
The Search for Truth
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to author Michael Shermer about his new book, Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters.
49 min
18
The Historical Case for Israel
33 min
19
The Ayatollahs' Assassins
44 min
20
When Everyone Knows Every Knows...
44 min
21
Has the Gay Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for ...
34 min
22
The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo
36 min
23
Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
34 min
24
Catching a Serial Killer
35 min
25
Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Sh...
47 min