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 Case Against State-Sanctioned Euthanasia
33 min
2
An Ivy League University Looks Inward
45 min
3
The Last Straight Woman
43 min
4
Is Fighting Antisemitism a Waste of Time?
31 min
5
Girls in an Online World
49 min
6
Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns
34 min
7
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
8
The Historical Case for Israel
33 min
9
The Ayatollahs' Assassins
44 min
10
When Everyone Knows Every Knows...
44 min
11
Has the Gay Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for ...
34 min
12
The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo
36 min
13
Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?
34 min
14
Catching a Serial Killer
35 min
15
Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Sh...
47 min
16
Guests of the Nation
47 min
17
British Columbia’s Radical Political Landscape
51 min
18
The Demise of Private Life
52 min
19
Understanding Journalistic Groupthink
34 min
20
Fighting for Freedom in Iran
14 min
21
How to Think Like a Human
14 min
22
Christmas in Byzantium
30 min
23
Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadia...
30 min
24
The Genius of Jane Austen
81 min
25
Marriage and Divorce in America
14 min