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 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
2
The Historical Case for Israel
33 min
3
The Ayatollahs' Assassins
44 min
4
When Everyone Knows Every Knows...
44 min
5
Has the Gay Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for ...
34 min
6
The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo
36 min
7
Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
34 min
8
Catching a Serial Killer
35 min
9
Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Sh...
47 min
10
Guests of the Nation
47 min
11
British Columbia’s Radical Political Landscape
51 min
12
The Demise of Private Life
52 min
13
Understanding Journalistic Groupthink
34 min
14
Fighting for Freedom in Iran
14 min
15
How to Think Like a Human
14 min
16
Christmas in Byzantium
30 min
17
Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadia...
30 min
18
The Genius of Jane Austen
81 min
19
Marriage and Divorce in America
14 min
20
A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer ...
45 min
21
Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening
51 min
22
Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years
36 min
23
Finding Humor in Dark Places
52 min
24
A Crisis of Tolerance
13 min
25
Is There a Politically Motivated ‘War on Scienc...
33 min