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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Jun 28, 2019 • 35min
Nuclear expert Michael Shellenberger talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the woeful shortcomings of Chernobyl, the HBO mini-series
Quillette contributor and nuclear energy expert Michael Shellenberger talks to Toby Young about what Chernobyl, the critically-acclaimed HBO mini-series, got wrong and why that matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2019 • 40min
Francis Fukuyama talks to Quillette's Alexandra Hudson about identity politics
Francis Fukuyama is interviewed by guest host Alexandra Hudson about the themes of his new book Identity: The Demand For Dignity and the Politics of Resentment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 22, 2019 • 18min
Coleman Hughes talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his reparations testimony
Coleman Hughes talks to Jonathan Kay about what it was like testifying to Congress about reparations and the reaction his testimony has received. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 19, 2019 • 56min
Jonah Goldberg and Aaron Sibarium talk to Quillette's Toby Young about the conservative themes of Avengers: Endgame
Jonah Goldberg and Aaron Siberium talk to Toby Young about the conservative manifesto buried just beneath the surface of Avengers: Endgame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2019 • 20min
Kathrine Jebsen Moore talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how the knitting community has got tangled up with identity politics
Kathrine Jebsen Moore talks to Jonathan Kay about how the Instagram knitting community has been torn apart by Social Justice mobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 7, 2019 • 44min
gay icon Sky Gilbert talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being excommunicated by Toronto's LGBT community
Sky Gilbert, gay playwright and drag queen, talks to Jonathan Kay about the history of Canada's gay community and being excommunicated by the LGBT theater company he founded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 28, 2019 • 55min
Eric Kaufmann and Sunder Katwala talk to Quillette's Toby Young about the European elections
Eric Kaufmann, author of Whiteshift, and Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, talk to Toby Young about the European election results. Is national populism in decline? If not, how concerned should we be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 23, 2019 • 35min
Greg Ellis, host of Quillette Narrated, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his career as a voice actor
Voice actor Greg Ellis talks to Jonathan Kay about working with the producers of Dragon Age, Call of Duty and God of War, and the difference between voicing video game characters and cartoon characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 15, 2019 • 48min
Professor Nigel Biggar talks to Quillette's Toby Young about academic outrage mobs and how to defeat them
Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford, talks to Toby Young about his experience of being mobbed by his colleagues. They discuss what motivates academic outrage mobs and what can be done to defend free speech at British and American universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 10, 2019 • 20min
Doriane Lambelet Coleman talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Caster Semenya trial
Doriane Lambelet Coleman, the 800m-runner-turned-academic, talks to Jonathan Kay about the Court of Arbitration for Sport's rejection of Caster Semenya's appeal. As a result of the decision, Semenya will not be able to compete in women's middle distance events unless she chemically alters her testosterone level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
