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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Oct 28, 2019 • 16min
Journalist Jesse Singal talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being harassed by a Slate journalist
Jesse Singal, contributing writer at New York magazine, talks to Jonathan Kay about being targeted for cancellation by Nicole Cliffe, a well-known left-wing journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2019 • 45min
Journalist and pundit David Frum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Canadian election result
David Frum, ex-speechwriter for George W Bush and senior editor at the Atlantic, talks to Jonathan Kay about the result of the recent Canadian election. Does Justin Trudeau deserve a second term as Prime Minister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2019 • 25min
US Constitutional law expert Brian Kalt talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about using the 25th Amendment to remove a president
Professor Brian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book on the 25th Amendment and the difficulties of using it to remove a president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2019 • 46min
Amber Scorah talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses
Ex-Jehovah's Witness Amber Scorah talks to Jonathan Kay about leaving the Christian sect and her book Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 3, 2019 • 51min
Douglas Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book The Madness of Crowds
Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the moral shortcomings of identity politics and the Marxist underpinnings of the Social Justice movement, both subjects of his new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 26, 2019 • 21min
Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski aged 13, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay
Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was 13, talks to Jonathan Kay about why she has refused to be cast as a victim and how she's dealt with the controversy her stance has generated, particularly in the #MeToo era. She is steeling herself for another bout of unwanted attention when Polanski's new film—An Officer and a Spy—is released next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2019 • 29min
New York Times editor Bari Weiss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism
New York Times editor and opinion writer Bari Weiss talks to Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism, her new book on the rise in anti-Semitism in the U.S. on the Left and the Right and what we can do to combat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2019 • 18min
Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Chick-fil-A protests in Toronto
Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Jonathan Kay about his changing attitude to Chick-fil-A, which recently opened its first outlet in Toronto. As the founder of Campus Pride, a nationwide LGBT student activist group, Windmeyer was originally a sworn enemy of Chick-fil-A because the company has donated to groups opposed to same-sex marriage. But Dan Cathy, the son of Chick-fil-A's founder and the company's COO, reached out to Windmeyer in 2012 and the two have since become friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 4, 2019 • 53min
Professor Anthony Kronman talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about America's higher education crisis
Yale Law School professor Anthony Kronman talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book The Assault on American Excellence in which he laments the decline of aristocratic values in America's elite universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2019 • 56min
Carl Gardner talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Britain's constitutional crisis
Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer, talks to Toby Young about Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament, whether it's constitutionally legitimate, and what the political ramifications are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
