Quillette Podcast
Quillette
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.
Episodes
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Nov 28, 2021 • 31min
Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Growing Gulf Between Ordinary Americans and the Progressive Journalists Who Cover Them
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Newsweek editor Batya Ungar-Sargon about her new book, "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy"—and her political voyage from doctrinaire progressive to self-described "left-wing populist" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 13, 2021 • 25min
Nancy Segal on Lessons in Human Nature Revealed by Identical Twins
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with California State University professor Nancy Segal about her career spent studying twins, and her new book, Deliberately Divided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 35min
Michael Shellenberger on How Progressive Activists Are Making American Cities Poorer, Dirtier, and More Dangerous
Author Michael Shellenberger speaks with Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his new book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2021 • 27min
Will Storr on Our Insatiable Appetite for Status
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author Will Storr about his new book detailing the profound role of status-seeking in shaping human societies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2021 • 29min
Harvard Professor Steven Pinker on How to Think Rationally, the Monty Hall Problem, Kurt Gödel, and the Case for Objective Truth
'Enlightenment Now' author Steven Pinker speaks with Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his newly published book, 'Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 4, 2021 • 48min
Jonathan Haidt on Instagram’s Mental Health Emergency
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with NYU professor and “Coddling of the American Mind” Co-Author Jonathan Haidt about the emotionally destructive effect of social media on many young users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2021 • 34min
Vivek Ramaswamy on the 'Woke Smoke' Blown by Corporate America
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with 36-year-old biotech entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy about how corporate elites burnish their progressive bona fides (and distract their critics) with anti-racism slogans and hashtags—instead of taking concrete steps to address real inequalities within their organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2021 • 50min
Josh Szeps on the Myth of Australia's COVID 'Concentration Camps'
Jonathan Kay interviews TV host and podcaster Josh Szeps about Australia's unique experience in managing the COVID pandemic—and the urban legends the country's quarantine system has spawned among right-wing pundits on the other side of the world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 13, 2021 • 32min
'Grievance Studies' Hoaxster Peter Boghossian on Quitting Portland State, and His Mission to Bring Intellectual Pluralism Back to Universtiy Education
Philosopher Peter Boghossian tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why he no longer felt he could provide his students with a proper education in the current ideological climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 7, 2021 • 38min
Comedian and Podcaster Jamie Kilstein on His COVID-Era Struggles
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Jamie Kilstein about the challenges he's faced since his excommunication from California's progressive entertainment circles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
