290 Episodes

  1. How Elon Musk Can Promote Free Speech-Without Turning Twitter Into One Big 'Dumpster Fire'

    Published: 5/8/2022
  2. Rob Montz on Harvard University's Campaign Against One of Its Most Famous (and Politically Incorrect) Black Professors

    Published: 4/25/2022
  3. Frances Widdowson on the Questions Canadians Aren't Supposed to Ask About Unmarked Graves

    Published: 4/13/2022
  4. Shmuel Bar on the War in Ukraine, and the Failure of Western Deterrence

    Published: 4/5/2022
  5. Sam Harris on Islam, Dropping Acid, Joe Rogan, Vaccine Pseudoscience, the Wonders of Meditation, Collaborating with Ricky Gervais, and the Myth of Free Will

    Published: 3/25/2022
  6. Russia's Surprising Military Blunders in Ukraine: A Strategic Analysis

    Published: 3/9/2022
  7. Jacob Mchangama on His New Book, "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media"

    Published: 3/7/2022
  8. Chris Best on Substack's Commitment to Free Speech

    Published: 2/27/2022
  9. Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' Protesters, in Their Own Words

    Published: 2/15/2022
  10. Christopher J. Ferguson on Racist Orcs, Ableist Adventures, and Non-Binary Monsters: Can 'Dungeons & Dragons' Survive Wokeness?

    Published: 1/31/2022
  11. Michael Shermer: Watching 'Scientific American' Go Woke

    Published: 1/17/2022
  12. New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat on His Hellish Experience with Lyme Disease

    Published: 1/4/2022
  13. Jonathan Kay on Middle Age, Watch Collecting, Sports Cars, Board Games, and Disc Golf

    Published: 12/23/2021
  14. Paul Lockhart on How Guns Transformed Western Civilization

    Published: 12/20/2021
  15. Trent Colbert Turns the Tables on Yale Law School's Kafkaesque Diversity Department

    Published: 12/10/2021
  16. Batya Ungar-Sargon on the Growing Gulf Between Ordinary Americans and the Progressive Journalists Who Cover Them

    Published: 11/28/2021
  17. Nancy Segal on Lessons in Human Nature Revealed by Identical Twins

    Published: 11/13/2021
  18. Michael Shellenberger on How Progressive Activists Are Making American Cities Poorer, Dirtier, and More Dangerous

    Published: 11/9/2021
  19. Will Storr on Our Insatiable Appetite for Status

    Published: 10/26/2021
  20. Harvard Professor Steven Pinker on How to Think Rationally, the Monty Hall Problem, Kurt Gödel, and the Case for Objective Truth

    Published: 10/18/2021

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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.