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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Jul 11, 2020 • 37min
Michael Shellenberger talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his new book Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
Michael Shellenberger, President of Environmental Progress, talks to Jonathan Kay about global warming, natural disasters, media scaremongering—and why the world is actually getting safer, notwithstanding the scaremongering of Extinction Rebellion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 4, 2020 • 41min
Physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why identity politics should be kept out of science
Renowned physicist Lawrence Krauss talks to Jonathan Kay about his Quillette essay Racism Is Real. But Science Isn’t the Problem and explains why he expressed skepticism about the sincerity of the #strike4blacklives campaign supported by so many science organisations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2020 • 51min
Politics professor Eric Kaufmann talks to Quillette's Toby Young about America's Maoist moment.
Professor Eric Kaufmann talks to Toby Young about his Quillette essay The Great Awakening and the Second American Revolution. He believes American may be going through something akin to China's Cultural Revolution in which many aspects of American society, from the constitution to the name of the country, could change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 19, 2020 • 22min
Journalist Helen Joyce talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the difficulties trans activists have got themselves into over the definition of the word "Woman".
Quillette contributor Helen Joyce talks to Jonathan Kay about the many ways in which gender ideologues have tied themselves in knots by trying to make the sisterhood more "inclusive". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2020 • 52min
Author and academic Joel Kotkin talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the pandemic and its riotous aftermath
Joel Kotkin, executive director of the Urban Reform Institute and author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, talks to Toby Young about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on American cities and the rioting that broke out following the death of George Floyd. Joel recently wrote about this in a piece entitled Pandemics and Pandemonium for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
