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
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RFK Jr.’s Unprecedented Attack on Life-saving V...
37 min
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The Modular Mind
14 min
28
A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
15 min
29
What Does It Take to Develop a ‘Scrabble-Shaped...
42 min
30
Parsi: A Fiercely Contested Identity
15 min
31
How LGB Became Estranged from T
36 min
32
War and the End of Empire
15 min
33
When Entertainment Reporting Gets Political
36 min
34
The First Journalists
15 min
35
Social Work Without Stereotypes
30 min
36
Science vs Māori Knowledge
With Kendall Clements
15 min
37
The Wars Before the War
35 min
38
The Catastrophe Hour
14 min
39
Enforced Ideological Conformity Among British A...
26 min
40
The Problem With ‘Harvard Derangement Syndrome’
19 min
41
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Free-...
29 min
42
The Green Delusion
With Paul Brown
15 min
43
Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
36 min
44
Free Speech in Australia
13 min
45
Canada’s Strange Election Season
19 min
46
Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
23 min
47
The Trouble with Tariffs
With John H. Cochrane
15 min
48
How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?
14 min
49
The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
34 min
50
Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
14 min