290 Episodes

  1. Writer Jesse Singal talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the reaction to his controversial cover story for The Atlantic on trans adolescents

    Published: 1/11/2019

  2. Professor Jeff McMahan talks to Quillette's Toby Young about co-founding the Journal of Controversial Ideas

    Published: 1/4/2019

  3. Corinna Cohn, a trans software developer, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why she dissents from Social Justice orthodoxy

    Published: 12/27/2018

  4. Jonathan Church talks to Quillette's Toby Young about 'white privilege'

    Published: 12/20/2018

  5. Coleman Hughes talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being out of step with the prevailing orthodoxy about race as a black college student

    Published: 12/13/2018

  6. Heather Mac Donald talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her experience of being mobbed on campus

    Published: 12/7/2018

  7. Meghan Murphy talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being banned from Twitter for 'dead-naming'

    Published: 11/28/2018

  8. Eric Kaufmann and Ben Cobley talks to Quillette's Toby Young about white privilege, diversity and identity politics

    Published: 11/21/2018

  9. Ted Hill talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how his paper on the Greater Male Variability Hypothesis was sent down the memory hole

    Published: 11/16/2018

  10. Jordan Peterson talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the free speech crisis engulfing North American universities

    Published: 11/6/2018

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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.