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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Jun 7, 2020 • 17min
Professor Glen Loury talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the racial unrest in America
Glenn Loury, a professor of economics at Brown University, talks to Jonathan Kay about the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. Professor Loury recently published a piece about this in Quillette entitled 'Condemn the Violence Without Equivocation.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 4, 2020 • 43min
Author and Journalist David Frum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about His New Book Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
Former Bush speech writer David From talks to Jonathan Kay about the damage done by the Trump presidency and the way forward for America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2020 • 44min
Journalist Cathy Young talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her investigations into Tara Reade’s accusations against Joe Biden
Writer and Journalist Cathy Young talks to Jonathan Kay about her investigations into Tara Reade’s evolving accusations against Joe Biden, and explains why the ranks of Reade’s supporters are shrinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2020 • 24min
Thomas Hale of Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about a new research project aimed at comparing international policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Thomas Hale, Associate Professor at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, talks to Jonathan Kay about a new research project aimed at comparing international policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2020 • 41min
Financial Times journalist John Lloyd talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the geopolitical fall-out From the coronavirus crisis
John Lloyd, co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford, talks to Toby Young about the geopolitical fall-out from the coronavirus crisis. Will the Conservatives win the next UK election? Can the EU recover its authority? And is this China's Chernobyl? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2020 • 26min
JAMA associate managing news editor Jennifer Abbasi talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about new COVID-19 antibody tests
Jennifer Abbasi, associate managing editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), talks to Jonathan Kay about new COVID-19 antibody tests that may help stop the pandemic and save the lives of those who are already infected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2020 • 25min
Quillette editors Jonathan Kay and Toby Young talk about Jonathan's article about coronavirus superspreaders
Jonathan Kay, Canadian editor of Quillette, talks to associate editor Toby Young about his recent article on COVID-19 superspreaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2020 • 21min
Lawyer and sex worker Nadia Guo talks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about how the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating the sex trade
Nadia Guo, a sex worker and lawyer, talks to Jonathan Kay about the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the sex trade—although it's been great for the webcam business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 9, 2020 • 48min
Dr Michael Shermer talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due
Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 7, 2020 • 28min
Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how viruses evolve
Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Jonathan Kay on how viruses evolve and the lessons we can learn about social distancing from fish, dogs and rabbits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
