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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Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years
36 min
27
Finding Humor in Dark Places
52 min
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A Crisis of Tolerance
13 min
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Is There a Politically Motivated ‘War on Scienc...
33 min
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Machetes in Melbourne
13 min
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From Cult Child to Chess Wunderkind
36 min
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Desexing the Language of Motherhood
14 min
33
Managing the Growing Gender-Critical Counterrev...
44 min
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The End of Woke
14 min
35
When New Netherland Became New York
34 min
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Should Feminists Work with the Right?
13 min
37
RFK Jr.’s Unprecedented Attack on Life-saving V...
37 min
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The Modular Mind
14 min
39
A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
15 min
40
What Does It Take to Develop a ‘Scrabble-Shaped...
42 min
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Parsi: A Fiercely Contested Identity
15 min
42
How LGB Became Estranged from T
36 min
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War and the End of Empire
15 min
44
When Entertainment Reporting Gets Political
36 min
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The First Journalists
15 min
46
Social Work Without Stereotypes
30 min
47
Science vs Māori Knowledge
With Kendall Clements
15 min
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The Wars Before the War
35 min
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The Catastrophe Hour
14 min
50
Enforced Ideological Conformity Among British A...
26 min