290 Episodes

  1. Jonathan Haidt on Instagram's Mental Health Emergency

    Published: 10/4/2021

  2. Vivek Ramaswamy on the 'Woke Smoke' Blown by Corporate America

    Published: 9/27/2021

  3. Josh Szeps on the Myth of Australia's COVID 'Concentration Camps'

    Published: 9/19/2021

  4. 'Grievance Studies' Hoaxster Peter Boghossian on Quitting Portland State, and His Mission to Bring Intellectual Pluralism Back to Universtiy Education

    Published: 9/13/2021

  5. Comedian and Podcaster Jamie Kilstein on His COVID-Era Struggles

    Published: 9/7/2021

  6. Satirist Simon Edge on His New Novel, 'The End of the World Is Flat,' a Send-up of Radical Gender Politics

    Published: 8/31/2021

  7. Journalist and Book Author Terry Glavin on the Fall of Kabul and the Fate of Afghanistan

    Published: 8/23/2021

  8. Comedian Jessica Pigeau on 'Safe Space' Performers, Progressive Mobbing, and Anxiety Overload in the World of Stand-Up

    Published: 8/5/2021

  9. Author Milli Hill on the Growth of Social Justice Mobs Among Birthing Activists, Dhoullas, and Midwives

    Published: 7/30/2021

  10. Jonathan Kay on Life at Quillette, The New York Times, FOX News, Seth Rogen, Dog Shampoo, His New Book, and Childhood Vacations at Del Boca Vista

    Published: 7/23/2021

  11. Glenn Loury on America's Political Polarization and the 2020 Election

    Published: 7/21/2021

  12. Christopher Rufo's Whirlwind Campaign Against Critical Race Theory

    Published: 7/13/2021

  13. Christian Toto on Progressive Ideological Inroads Into Children's Shows, Anti-Racist Baby Books, And... Breakfast Cereal

    Published: 7/6/2021

  14. Heather Mac Donald on The Juilliard School's Strange Anti-Racist Meltdown

    Published: 6/27/2021

  15. Jonathan Rauch on the importance of free speech in an age of misinformation

    Published: 6/17/2021

  16. Michael Shermer on Our Enduring Fascination with UFOs

    Published: 6/14/2021

  17. Nicholas Wade Explains Why It's No Longer Taboo to Ask Whether COVID-19 Was Caused by a Chinese Lab Leak

    Published: 6/7/2021

  18. Kenny Xu on Asian-Americans' Success, And Their Complicated Placement in the Progressive 'Intersectional' Hierarchy

    Published: 5/28/2021

  19. Author Helen Pluckrose on the Role of Postmodernism in the Construction of Modern Social-Justice Dogmas

    Published: 5/25/2021

  20. Lingnan University scholar Peter Baehr on Academic Life Within Hong Kong's Increasingly Repressive Political Atmosphere

    Published: 5/14/2021

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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.