Quillette Podcast
Long-form conversations with scientists, writers, historians, and public intellectuals on the ideas shaping — and dividing — the Western world.
Mostly hosted by Jonathan Kay — Canadian journalist, author, and Quillette editor whose books include Among the Truthers, a landmark investigation into conspiracy culture. Kay brings a rare combination of intellectual range, genuine curiosity, and willingness to push back, whether the subject is evolutionary biology, cancel culture, geopolitics, or the philosophy of free speech.
Non-dogmatic, evidence-driven, and unafraid of controversy.
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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
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When Entertainment Reporting Gets Political
36 min
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The First Journalists
15 min
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Social Work Without Stereotypes
30 min
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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
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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
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Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
36 min
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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
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The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
34 min
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Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
14 min
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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
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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