Quillette Podcast

The Quillette Podcast is a platform for rigorous, academic discussions rooted in common sense and free inquiry. Non-dogmatic and grounded in liberal values, the podcast serves as a beacon for thoughtful conversation on science, politics, philosophy, and culture. Quillette prides itself on intellectual honesty, avoiding ideological extremism in favor of evidence-based reasoning and progress. Hosted by leading voices in academia and journalism, past guests include evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and journalist Douglas Murray, among others. Expect candid conversations that promote common sense and challenge anti-science and conspiratorial narratives from both the far left and right.

Politics
Society & Culture
News
1
The Demise of Private Life
52 min
2
Understanding Journalistic Groupthink
34 min
3
Fighting for Freedom in Iran
14 min
4
How to Think Like a Human
14 min
5
Christmas in Byzantium
30 min
6
Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadia...
30 min
7
The Genius of Jane Austen
81 min
8
Marriage and Divorce in America
14 min
9
A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer ...
45 min
10
Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening
51 min
11
Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years
36 min
12
Finding Humor in Dark Places
52 min
13
A Crisis of Tolerance
13 min
14
Is There a Politically Motivated ‘War on Scienc...
33 min
15
Machetes in Melbourne
13 min
16
From Cult Child to Chess Wunderkind
36 min
17
Desexing the Language of Motherhood
14 min
18
Managing the Growing Gender-Critical Counterrev...
44 min
19
The End of Woke
14 min
20
When New Netherland Became New York
34 min
21
Should Feminists Work with the Right?
13 min
22
RFK Jr.’s Unprecedented Attack on Life-saving V...
37 min
23
The Modular Mind
14 min
24
A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
15 min
25
What Does It Take to Develop a ‘Scrabble-Shaped...
42 min