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.
1
The First Journalists
15 min
2
Social Work Without Stereotypes
30 min
3
Science vs Māori Knowledge
With Kendall Clements
15 min
4
The Wars Before the War
35 min
5
The Catastrophe Hour
14 min
6
Enforced Ideological Conformity Among British A...
26 min
7
The Problem With ‘Harvard Derangement Syndrome’
19 min
8
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Free-...
29 min
9
The Green Delusion
With Paul Brown
15 min
10
Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
36 min
11
Free Speech in Australia
13 min
12
Canada’s Strange Election Season
19 min
13
Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
23 min
14
The Trouble with Tariffs
With John H. Cochrane
15 min
15
How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?
14 min
16
The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
34 min
17
Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
14 min
18
On Book Banning
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with book author Ira Wells about the censorship demands emanating from both sides of the political spectrum.
25 min
19
Christianity and the American Polity
Iona Italia talks to Brookings Institution senior fellow Jonathan Rauch about his latest book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
14 min
20
Australia’s Antisemitism Crisis
Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann speaks with Bangladeshi-born Australian psychiatrist and journalist Tanveer Ahmed about the rise of Jew-hatred in their country.
14 min
21
The Great Divergence
Iona Italia talks to evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary about why he believes evolved differences between the sexes have been growing more salient in western societies.
16 min
22
The Canadian Episode: Trump’s Tariffs and Trude...
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with The Line editor Jen Gerson about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have affected Canada’s already fractured political landscape.
40 min
23
‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale English professor-turned-essayist William Deresiewicz, who argues that Americans—many Democrats included—are fed up with campus-style progressive radicalism.
15 min
24
'The Power of Nuclear'
Quillette podcast host Iona Italia speaks with Dutch writer Marco Visscher, author of “The Power of Nuclear: The Rise, Fall and Return of Our Mightiest Energy Source”
17 min
25
The Tragedy of California’s Wildfires
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Southern California scholar William Deverell about the enormous fires that have destroyed large swathes of the Los Angeles area.
17 min