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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Oct 3, 2020 • 30min
Cellist Daniel Lelchuk on How Beethoven’s Genius Flourished in Napoleon’s World
Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to concert cellist Daniel Lelchuk about the timeless, global appeal of Beethoven—and the turbulent historical world that inspired the great German composer’s works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2020 • 30min
Economist Jeff Rubin on the Plight of Today’s Middle-Class ‘Expendables’
Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to economist-turned-author Jeff Rubin about his new book, The Expendables How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization—and the devastating consequences of globalization that many progressive thinkers seem reluctant to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2020 • 34min
Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her new book, The End of Gender
Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to help people who experience gender dysphoria. Debra has just published The End of Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2020 • 26min
Think Inc founder Suzi Jamil talks to Quillette's Claire Lehmann about their new collaboration – Free Thought Live
Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Think Inc Founder Suzi Jamil about the rewards and challenges of bringing the world’s greatest thinkers to Sydney—and their new collaboration, Free Thought Live. You can reserve a spot at their first joint event on September 26th—in which the political satirist and television presenter Josh Szeps interviews Professor John McWhorter—here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2020 • 36min
Psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed talks to Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann about His New Book, In Defence of Shame
Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Dr Tanveer Ahmed about how we should accept the presence of shame in our lives without succumbing to despair or outrage mobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 6, 2020 • 24min
Substack founder Chris Best is interviewed by Jonathan Kay about how email newsletters are saving journalism
Tech entrepreneur Chris Best talks about Substack, his self-publishing platform that is attracting journalists like Andrew Sullivan, Jesse Singal and Jen Gerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 3, 2020 • 39min
Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the newly emboldened hard left and why the silent majority needs to speak up
Author Douglas Murray talks about the new Afterword to The Madness of Crowds, his best-selling book about identity politics, and the events of the last six months which have accelerated the toxic trends he warned about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 2, 2020 • 31min
Trans porn star Buck Angel talks to Jonathan Kay about transitioning at age 28, his life in in adult film, and the infighting within the trans community
Trans Pioneer Buck Angel on the afterlife of a porn actor, his campaign for LGBT rights, and the reality of biological sex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2020 • 34min
Journalist and documentary maker Christopher Rufo talks to Jonathan Kay about the ideology fuelling the violent protests in the Pacific Northwest
Christopher Rufo, Director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute, talks to Jonathan Kay about the ideology fuelling the violent protests in Seattle and Portland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 21, 2020 • 40min
Conservative intellectual Yoram Hazony talks to Toby Young on the Marxist takeover of liberal institutions.
Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism, talks about the why liberal institutions like the New York Times have proved so vulnerable to capture by the hard Left. He wrote about this recently for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
