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.

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1
How to Think Like a Human
14 min
2
Christmas in Byzantium
30 min
3
Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadia...
30 min
4
The Genius of Jane Austen
81 min
5
Marriage and Divorce in America
14 min
6
A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer ...
45 min
7
Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening
51 min
8
Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years
36 min
9
Finding Humor in Dark Places
52 min
10
A Crisis of Tolerance
13 min
11
Is There a Politically Motivated ‘War on Scienc...
33 min
12
Machetes in Melbourne
13 min
13
From Cult Child to Chess Wunderkind
36 min
14
Desexing the Language of Motherhood
14 min
15
Managing the Growing Gender-Critical Counterrev...
44 min
16
The End of Woke
14 min
17
When New Netherland Became New York
34 min
18
Should Feminists Work with the Right?
13 min
19
RFK Jr.’s Unprecedented Attack on Life-saving V...
37 min
20
The Modular Mind
14 min
21
A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
15 min
22
What Does It Take to Develop a ‘Scrabble-Shaped...
42 min
23
Parsi: A Fiercely Contested Identity
15 min
24
How LGB Became Estranged from T
36 min
25
War and the End of Empire
15 min