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 24, 2020 • 56min
The makers of The Rise of Jordan Peterson talk to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about their controversial documentary
Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi of Holding Space Films talk to Jonathan kay about the time they spent chronicling the daily life of Canada’s most famous public intellectual—and how critics on both sides reacted to The Rise of Jordan Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 20, 2020 • 31min
George Orwell's biographer Richard Bradford talks to Quillette's Toby Young on the 70th anniversary of Orwell's death
Richard Bradford, author of Orwell: A Man of Our Time, talks to Toby Young about why Orwell still has a great deal to teach us 70 years after his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2020 • 28min
Comedy director and producer Paul Provenza talks to guest host Jamie Kilstein about Ricky Gervais and cancel culture
Stand-up comedian and guest host Jamie Kilstein talks to comedy impresario Paul Provenza about Ricky Gervais's monologue at the Golden Globes and whether comedy is finally emerging from under a cloud of woke humourlessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2020 • 37min
Conservative politician Daniel Hannan talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the late Sir Roger Scruton
Daniel Hannan, the Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England, talks to Toby Young about his lifelong friendship with the late Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 9, 2020 • 40min
Harvard history professor James Hankins talks to guest host Alexandra Hudson about his new book on Renaissance Italy
Harvard Historian James Hankins on what the great Renaissance humanists can teach us about virtue and statecraft. Plus: Why so many get Machiavelli wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 4, 2020 • 20min
Forensic psychologist Armando Simón talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why we shouldn't put a man on Mars
Armando Simón, forensic psychologist and science writer, talks to Jonathan Kay about why it would be a mistake to try and put a man on Mars. Simón recently set out the case against a manned space flight to Mars in Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2019 • 31min
Clinical psychologist Dr James Cantor talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his critique of the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for treating trans children
Dr James Cantor, clinical psychologist and sexologist, talks to Jonathan Kay about his recent peer-reviewed critique of the AAP's unscientific guidelines on treating trans children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2019 • 34min
Quillette Associate Editor Toby Young talks to Canadian Editor Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson's victory in the UK General Election
Toby Young talks to Jonathan Kay about the Conservatives' victory in the UK General Election in which Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2019 • 19min
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Alireza Nader talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the recent political unrest in Iran
Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime's brutal response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 1, 2019 • 26min
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Oikophobia—the knee-jerk dislike of your own culture
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Jonathan Kay about why so many intellectuals and young people loathe the culture of the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
