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.
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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
Nov 23, 2020 • 32min
Shelby Steele, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, on ‘What Killed Michael Brown?’
Author Shelby Steele speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about white guilt, the ‘poetic truth’ of Ferguson, the dead end of racial grievances, and the creative process of working with his son Eli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2020 • 34min
Washington-Based Journalist Brad Polumbo on LGBT Politics in the Pre- and Post-Trump Eras
Brad Polumbo speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about life as a gay conservative journalist in Washington, D.C., the politics of outing Republican lawmakers, the complex political tensions between LGB and T, and the new journalistic climate that he expects will emerge under Joe Biden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 14, 2020 • 32min
Jeffrey Flier, Former Dean of Harvard Medical School, on This Week’s Good News About the Hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Jeffrey Flier—physician, endocrinologist, researcher, and 21st Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University—speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about Pfizer’s recent announcement that its candidate COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be more than 90% effective in preliminary testing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 6, 2020 • 36min
Jamil Jivani on the Inconvenient Truth About Donald Trump’s Non-White Supporters
While Trump’s hopes of a second Presidential term seem to be vanishing, his surprisingly strong showing among Black, Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian voters is challenging the progressive claim that Trump's appeal is rooted primarily in racism. Quillette’s Jonathan Kay discusses these surprising election results with author and journalist Jamil Jivani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 3, 2020 • 45min
Jodi Shaw on a Climate of Fear at Smith College, Following Unproven Racism Accusations
A whistleblower at an elite Massachusetts women’s college talks to Jonathan Kay about how a single 2018 incident on campus unleashed public-shaming measures that targeted the school’s lowest-paid workers—all in the name of social justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
