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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Jan 19, 2021 • 1h 5min
John McWhorter on the Ideological Excesses of the Social-Justice Movement
Columbia University professor and Atlantic Magazine writer John McWhorter speaks with political satirist and TV presenter Josh Szeps about the transformation of radicalized progressive politics into a religious-style belief system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2021 • 33min
Cheri Jacobus on How Donald Trump Used Twitter to Destroy People’s Lives (Including Hers)
Jonathan Kay speaks with Cheri Jacobus, a veteran Republican Party worker and conservative media figure who was mobbed and deplatformed after she called out Donald Trump for his abusive rhetoric and dubious campaign tactics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 6, 2021 • 43min
Philippe Lemoine on the Case for Lockdown Skepticism
Jonathan Kay speaks to Philippe Lemoine about problematic assumptions embedded in the models used to support COVID lockdown policy. Yes, separating people helps reduce virus transmission and saves lives. But forced isolation also can generate serious (and often life-threatening) risks. Moreover, how much of the beneficial effects attributed to lockdowns are the result of disease-avoidant behaviours that most of us would engage in anyway? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 2, 2021 • 45min
Professor Tania Reynolds on the Controversy Over Female Mentorship in Academia
University of New Mexico social psychologist Tania Reynolds speaks with Jonathan Kay about Nature Communications' questionable decision to retract a controversial article, the intrusion of ideology into scholarship about academic mentorship, and the principles of evolutionary biology that may affect female professional relationships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2020 • 45min
Toby Young on the Free Speech Union, and His Campaign Against Cancel Culture
Jonathan Kay talks to colleague Toby Young about the fine line between journalism and activism, the politics of censorship, and his start-up year at the Free Speech Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2020 • 33min
Oren Cass on the Conservative Case for Labor Unions
As the conservative movement enters a period of post-Trump flux, American Compass CEO Oren Cass explains to Quillette's Jonathan Kay why a right-leaning coalition with organized labor now makes sense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2020 • 32min
Nicholas Christakis on His New Book, ‘Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound And Enduring Impact of Coronavirus On The Way We Live’
Yale Sociologist and Physician Nicholas Christakis speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the origins of COVID-19, how it compares to Bubonic plague and Spanish Flu, and the way it will shape the future of our societies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8, 2020 • 36min
Historian Benny Morris on the Turks’ Forgotten 19th-Century Genocide of Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian Christians
Jonathan Kay speaks to famed Middle Eastern historian Benny Morris, whose latest book explores the ethnic cleansing of Turkey during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 6, 2020 • 22min
Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria
Jonathan Kay speaks to Wall Street Journal contributor Abigail Shrier about the epidemic of teenage girls seeking gender reassignment, the backlash against her book—and the backlash against the backlash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2020 • 26min
Yale School of Public Health Professor David Paltiel on Computer Modelling COVID-19 Vaccination Programs
Jonathan Kay speaks to public health expert David Paltiel about how mass vaccination could help end the COVID-19 pandemic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
