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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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
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
