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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Parsi: A Fiercely Contested Identity
15 min
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How LGB Became Estranged from T
36 min
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War and the End of Empire
15 min
29
When Entertainment Reporting Gets Political
36 min
30
The First Journalists
15 min
31
Social Work Without Stereotypes
30 min
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Science vs Māori Knowledge
With Kendall Clements
15 min
33
The Wars Before the War
35 min
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The Catastrophe Hour
14 min
35
Enforced Ideological Conformity Among British A...
26 min
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The Problem With ‘Harvard Derangement Syndrome’
19 min
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Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Free-...
29 min
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The Green Delusion
With Paul Brown
15 min
39
Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
36 min
40
Free Speech in Australia
13 min
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Canada’s Strange Election Season
19 min
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Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
23 min
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The Trouble with Tariffs
With John H. Cochrane
15 min
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How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?
14 min
45
The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
34 min
46
Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
14 min
47
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
48
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
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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
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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