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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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90:40

'Parsi Bombay Then and Now' with Nev March

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/06/25

Iona Italia talks to Nev March about her novel, Murder in Old Bombay, set in late 19th-century India and about the Zoroastrians of Bombay past and present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:24

Justin Trudeau’s Ominous Online Harms Act: ‘Minority...

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/06/14

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic Magazine staff writer Conor Friedersdorf about an alarmingly censorious government bill that would allow officials to punish Canadians for things they haven’t done yet.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:24

Supporting Trans People Without Denying the Facts of...

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/06/10

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Duke University law school professor (and former U.S. National Collegiate athletic champion) Doriane Lambelet Coleman about her new book, On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:52

Technology Is Not the Problem

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/06/05

Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Timandra Harkness about her new book on technology, micro-targeting, personalisation and narcissism.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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51:40

The (Culture) War Diaries of Nellie Bowles

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/05/22

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Morning After the Revolution author Nellie Bowles about her tragicomic journalistic adventures amid progressive true believers and ideological enforcers—from the offices of The New York Times to the streets of Seattle and San Francisco.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:01

Recovery from Rape

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/05/22

Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Larissa Phillips about the best ways to prevent rape and promote victims' recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:10

Experiencing Autogynephilia

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/05/06

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to self-described 'Transsexual Apostate’ Debbie Hayton about the link between male sexual self-attraction and transgender self-identification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:05

Fighting Back Against Progressive ‘Neo-Racism’

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/03/28

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Coleman Hughes about his acclaimed new book, The End of Race: Politics Arguments for a Colorblind America.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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39:55

Creating a Safe Space for ‘Problematic’ Women

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2024/03/15

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with fellow podcaster Meghan Daum about The Unspeakeasy, a “community for free-thinking women who crave honest conversations about subjects that don’t come with easy solutions.”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:17

Is Israel Really Committing Genocide in Gaza?

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/02/21

University of Florida historian Norman Goda tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why he isn’t persuaded by South Africa’s claims against Israel at the International Court of Justice.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:39

Leaving MAGA

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/01/28

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Rich Logis, a one-time fervent Donald Trump supporter who’s now renounced his MAGA beliefs—and is trying to help others do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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33:16

The Fine Line Between Denouncing ‘Settler...

Quillette Podcast ·

2024/01/16

Atlantic magazine writer Michael Powell talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his latest article—The Curious Rise of Settler Colonialism and Turtle Island—in which he explains how activists are weaponizing fashionable academic doctrines to delegitimize the existence of Israel, the United States, and other Western societies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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45:53

How ‘Intersectional Feminism’ Got Hijacked by Men

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/12/04

Veteran feminist activist, author, and pundit Julie Bindel talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the need to protect hard-won women’s rights from gender ideologues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:19

The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Justinian

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/11/22

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Cambridge University historian Peter Sarris about his new book on Justinian the Great, the lowborn sixth century Byzantine emperor who remade Roman law, suppressed Christian heresies, built architectural wonders, and reconquered lost lands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:17

The October 7 Terrorist Attacks, in Historical...

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/11/01

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to influential Israeli historian Benny Morris about Hamas’ acts of mass murder, the Israeli response, and the future of Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:10

Eric Kaufmann’s New ‘Centre for Heterodox Social...

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/10/20

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with political scientist Eric Kaufmann about cancel culture, switching universities, and why academics need to have honest conversations about the down side of immigration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:19

The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash aka DJ Hookie

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/10/18

Quillette editor and podcast host Iona Italia talks with speaker, DJ, and quadruple amputee Tom Nash about his new book, ‘Hook, Line, and Sinner.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:50

Parents with Inconvenient Truths about...

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/10/02

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychotherapist and book author Stella O’Malley, and parent “Josie A.,” about the need to heed parents’ voices before “affirming” a child’s desire for gender-transition therapies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:42

Tracing the Roots of the Ideological Movement...

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/09/13

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Johns Hopkins University professor Yascha Mounk about the role of Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in shaping today’s illiberal, identity-fixated political mantras—and how we can help lead progressives back to their liberal roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:14

Journalist John Colapinto on the Tragic Tale of David...

Quillette Podcast ·

2023/09/11

Quillette associate editor Iona Italia interviews journalist John Colapinto, whose book "As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl" chronicles the life of David Reimer, a Canadian man who was born as Bruce Reimer and subjected to a controversial and ultimately unsuccessful gender-reassignment following a botched circumcision. The book delves into the psychological, ethical, and medical complexities of David's life, from the surgical accident and subsequent interventions to his struggle

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