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Quillette Podcast

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

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33:38

Washington-Based Journalist Brad Polumbo on LGBT...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/11/20

Brad Polumbo speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about life as a gay conservative journalist in Washington, D.C., the politics of outing Republican lawmakers, the complex political tensions between LGB and T, and the new journalistic climate that he expects will emerge under Joe Biden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:38

Jeffrey Flier, Former Dean of Harvard Medical School,...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/11/14

Jeffrey Flier—physician, endocrinologist, researcher, and 21st Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University—speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about Pfizer’s recent announcement that its candidate COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be more than 90% effective in preliminary testing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:18

Jamil Jivani on the Inconvenient Truth About Donald...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/11/06

While Trump’s hopes of a second Presidential term seem to be vanishing, his surprisingly strong showing among Black, Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian voters is challenging the progressive claim that Trump's appeal is rooted primarily in racism. Quillette’s Jonathan Kay discusses these surprising election results with author and journalist Jamil Jivani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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45:00

Jodi Shaw on a Climate of Fear at Smith College,...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/11/03

A whistleblower at an elite Massachusetts women’s college talks to Jonathan Kay about how a single 2018 incident on campus unleashed public-shaming measures that targeted the school’s lowest-paid workers—all in the name of social justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:37

Cult Expert and Deprogrammer Rick Ross on NXIVM,...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/26

Rick Ross, executive director of the Cult Education Institute, speaks with Jonathan Kay about infamous cult leader (and now convicted felon) Keith Raniere, who spent 14 years suing Ross for telling the truth about NXIVM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:17

Novelist Lionel Shriver talks to Toby Young about...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/26

Literary superstar Lionel Shriver shares her thoughts about the pandemic, the rush to embrace Covid orthodoxy by politicians and scientists and the suppression of dissenting voices by big tech and the mainstream media, including hers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:23

Lucy Kross Wallace on Her Descent Into Social-Justice...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/20

Jonathan Kay speaks with Stanford University student and autism activist Lucy Kross Wallace about her former life as a militant social-justice activist—and what she learned about a movement that she now describes as a “cult.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:37

Asra Nomani on the Collateral Damage Inflicted on...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/16

Jonathan Kay talks to writer Asra Nomani about the campaign to end race-neutral admissions testing at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia, America’s best public high school—and the disturbing attacks on Asian academic “culture” that have accompanied it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:01

Stuart Buck on How COVID-19 Has Exposed the...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/10

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to Stuart Buck about how the rapid pace of COVID-19 science has exposed longstanding problems with the methods we use to validate scientific research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:05

Cellist Daniel Lelchuk on How Beethoven’s Genius...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/10/03

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to concert cellist Daniel Lelchuk about the timeless, global appeal of Beethoven—and the turbulent historical world that inspired the great German composer’s works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:20

Economist Jeff Rubin on the Plight of Today’s...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/25

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to economist-turned-author Jeff Rubin about his new book, The Expendables How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization—and the devastating consequences of globalization that many progressive thinkers seem reluctant to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:21

Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh talks to Quillette's...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/19

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to help people who experience gender dysphoria. Debra has just published The End of Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:39

Think Inc founder Suzi Jamil talks to Quillette's...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/15

Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Think Inc Founder Suzi Jamil about the rewards and challenges of bringing the world’s greatest thinkers to Sydney—and their new collaboration, Free Thought Live. You can reserve a spot at their first joint event on September 26th—in which the political satirist and television presenter Josh Szeps interviews Professor John McWhorter—here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:00

Psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed talks to Quillette...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/10

Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Dr Tanveer Ahmed about how we should accept the presence of shame in our lives without succumbing to despair or outrage mobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:49

Substack founder Chris Best is interviewed by...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/06

Tech entrepreneur Chris Best talks about Substack, his self-publishing platform that is attracting journalists like Andrew Sullivan, Jesse Singal and Jen Gerson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:26

Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/09/03

Author Douglas Murray talks about the new Afterword to The Madness of Crowds, his best-selling book about identity politics, and the events of the last six months which have accelerated the toxic trends he warned about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:38

Journalist and documentary maker Christopher Rufo...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/08/25

Christopher Rufo, Director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute, talks to Jonathan Kay about the ideology fuelling the violent protests in Seattle and Portland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:40

Conservative intellectual Yoram Hazony talks to Toby...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/08/21

Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism, talks about the why liberal institutions like the New York Times have proved so vulnerable to capture by the hard Left. He wrote about this recently for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:25

University Fundraiser Peter Cohen talks to Jonathan...

Quillette Podcast ·

2020/08/13

Peter Cohen, a university fundraiser, talks about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, its impact on MIT, and Ronan Farrow’s flawed reporting. He recently wrote about all of the above for Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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