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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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
Aug 13, 2020 • 46min
University Fundraiser Peter Cohen talks to Jonathan Kay about Jeffrey Epstein, the scandal at MIT, and Ronan Farrow’s flawed journalism
Peter Cohen, a university fundraiser, talks about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, its impact on MIT, and Ronan Farrow’s flawed reporting. He recently wrote about all of the above for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 8, 2020 • 49min
Evolutionary biologist (and new Quillette Managing Editor) Colin Wright talks to Jonathan Kay about the state of academic science, gender, and his latest career move
Quillette Managing Editor Colin Wright explains why scientists no longer always feel free to speak up in the face of pseudoscience, and why he gave up his hunt for a job as a professor in the field of evolutionary biology for a career in journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 31, 2020 • 30min
Quillette contributor Rob Henderson talks to Toby Young about how cancel culture became one of America's biggest exports
Quillette contributor and Cambridge PhD student Rob Henderson talks to Toby Young about how cancel culture became one of America's most successful exports and why upper middle class whites have embraced the woke agenda. Rob recently wrote a piece for Quillette entitled America Exports Cancel Culture to the World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2020 • 32min
Comedian Ryan Long talks to Jon Kay about comedy in the woke era
Canadian comedian Ryan Long talks to Jonathan Kay about the nature of comedy in the current political climate. Ryan Long's skit "When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything" has recently gone viral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 22, 2020 • 31min
Founder and editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay on the history and future of Quillette
Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Jonathan Kay about how and why she created Quillette, and her plans for its future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
