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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Apr 1, 2020 • 47min
Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about treating COVID-19
Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, talks to Jonathan Kay about COVID-19, the triage decisions he's having to make and what we've learnt from China about how best to treat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 27, 2020 • 28min
Professor Wilfred Reilly talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About
Kentucky State political science professor Wildred Reilly talks to Toby Young about his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About, as well as the "1776" project, which he's a contributor to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 17, 2020 • 34min
Matt Ridley talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book How Innovation Works
Science writer Matt Ridley talks to Toby Young about coronavirus, the prospects of finding a vaccine within the next 18 months, and his new book How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy, and the Saving of Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2020 • 42min
Andy Lamey talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the conservative case for vegetarianism
Andy Lamey, author of Duty and the Beast, explains why conservatives are starting to care about animal rights, not just liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 5, 2020 • 50min
Bo Winegard talks to Quillette's Toby Young about losing his job as an assistant professor at Marietta College
Bo Winegard, long-standing Quillette contributor, has lost his job as an assistant professor at Marietta College. No reason was given, but he believes it's because his research interests included the genetic influence on psychological differences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 29, 2020 • 36min
Coleman Hughes talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why he helped to create the "1776" project
Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes on why he and some other prominent black intellectuals have created the "1776" project, a response to the New York Times's 1619 Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 19, 2020 • 30min
The late Christie Blatchford, award-winning Canadian journalist, on the importance of due process
The late Canadian journalist Christie Blatchford gave a speech last year about the importance of due process and the dangers of the #MeToo moral panic. These are the edited highlights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2020 • 36min
Yoram Hazony talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the controversy surrounding his national conservatism conference in Rome
Israeli political theorist Yoram Hazony talks to Toby Young about the national conservatism conference in Rome and why British Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski should not have been reprimanded by his party for attending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 9, 2020 • 24min
Michael Solano talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the coming corporatization of Mars
Venture capitalist Michael Solana talks to Jonathan Kay about interstellar corporatocracy—and why we should welcome it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2020 • 37min
Charles Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity
Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve, talks to Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
