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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Mar 13, 2019 • 31min
Stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Titania McGrath, his brilliant satirical creation on Twitter.
Andrew Doyle, stand-up comedian and Spiked-online columnist, talks to Toby Young about Titania McGrath, his satirical creation on Twitter who describes herself as a "radical intersectionalist poet committed to feminism, social justice and armed peaceful protest." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 7, 2019 • 19min
Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to Danish expert Kay Xander Mellish on Denmark's rape culture, gender equality and the new, female-Led, right-wing Danish party
Jonathan Kay talks to Kay Xander Mellish, author of How to Live in Denmark (2014) and How to Work in Denmark (2018) about the recent Amnesty International report claiming Denmark has a "pervasive rape culture," as well as what it's like living in the country ranked number two in the world for gender equality and why a female-led, right-wing political party is on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 27, 2019 • 59min
Bo Winegard, assistant psychology professor, talks to Quillette's Toby Young about hereditarianism, centrism and the great awokening
Bo Winegard, long-standing Quillette contributor and assistant psychology professor, talks to Toby Young about three of his articles: On the Reality of Race and the Abhorrence of Racism, Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto and The Great Awokening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2019 • 17min
Mary Hudson, a former teacher in New York's public high school system, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to about how black students are let down by a culture of low expectations
Mary Hudson, a former teacher in New York's public high school system, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how black students are being let down by school leaders and administrators who are afraid to discipline unruly children for fear of being accused of racism. This conversation follows Hudson's article on the subject for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 19, 2019 • 30min
Brian Amerige, a former Facebook engineer, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the company's content moderation policies
Brian Amerige, a former software engineer at Facebook, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the company's content moderation policy and why it is making a mistake in trying to prohibit hate speech. This conversation follows Amerige's article on the subject for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2019 • 56min
Professor Matthew Goodwin talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Brexit, Trump and the rise of national populism
Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at the University of Kent and co-author of National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberalism, talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Brexit, Trump, the rise of national populism in Europe and America, and what its impact is likely to be on the future of social democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 7, 2019 • 31min
Skeptic editor Michael Shermer talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Holocaust denialists, Social Justice Warriors and how to debunk toxic ideologies
Skeptic editor Michael Shermer talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Holocaust denialists, Social Justice Warriors, the importance of bringing reason and science to bear on political debates, and why it is that smart people believe dumb things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2019 • 20min
Kat Rosenfield, young-adult author, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the recent mobbing of Amélie Wen Zhao, a YA writer forced to shelve her debut novel
Kat Rosenfield, young-adult author and prolific vlogger and journalist, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Amélie Wen Zhao, a YA writer who's withdrawn her debut novel Blood Heir after being mobbed for allegedly breaching various politically correct protocols that all YA authors, including people of color, are expected to observe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2019 • 29min
Bill Kristol, founder of the Weekly Standard, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the state of conservative politics
Bill Kristol, founder of the Weekly Standard, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the future of journalism, conservative politics and the stars who emerged from his magazine's pages, including David Brooks, John Podhoretz and Christopher Caldwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2019 • 27min
Speeches from the Quillette party in Toronto
Listen to the speeches made at Quillette's party in Toronto by Quillette founder Claire Lehmann, stand-up comic Jamie Kilstein, Skeptic editor Michael Shermer, Quillette's Canadian editor Jonathan Kay, author and philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers and Quillette's associate editor Toby Young. Thanks to Holding Space Films for supplying us with the audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
