Quillette Podcast
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S1 Ep 89Quillette editors Jonathan Kay and Toby Young talk about Jonathan's article about coronavirus superspreaders
Jonathan Kay, Canadian editor of Quillette, talks to associate editor Toby Young about his recent article on COVID-19 superspreaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 88Lawyer and sex worker Nadia Guo talks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about how the COVID-19 pandemic is devastating the sex trade
Nadia Guo, a sex worker and lawyer, talks to Jonathan Kay about the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the sex trade—although it's been great for the webcam business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 87Dr Michael Shermer talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due
Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 86Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how viruses evolve
Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Jonathan Kay on how viruses evolve and the lessons we can learn about social distancing from fish, dogs and rabbits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 85Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about treating COVID-19
Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, talks to Jonathan Kay about COVID-19, the triage decisions he's having to make and what we've learnt from China about how best to treat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 84Professor Wilfred Reilly talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About
Kentucky State political science professor Wildred Reilly talks to Toby Young about his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About, as well as the "1776" project, which he's a contributor to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 83Matt Ridley talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book How Innovation Works
Science writer Matt Ridley talks to Toby Young about coronavirus, the prospects of finding a vaccine within the next 18 months, and his new book How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy, and the Saving of Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 82Andy Lamey talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the conservative case for vegetarianism
Andy Lamey, author of Duty and the Beast, explains why conservatives are starting to care about animal rights, not just liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 81Bo Winegard talks to Quillette's Toby Young about losing his job as an assistant professor at Marietta College
Bo Winegard, long-standing Quillette contributor, has lost his job as an assistant professor at Marietta College. No reason was given, but he believes it's because his research interests included the genetic influence on psychological differences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 80Coleman Hughes talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why he helped to create the "1776" project
Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes on why he and some other prominent black intellectuals have created the "1776" project, a response to the New York Times's 1619 Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 79The late Christie Blatchford, award-winning Canadian journalist, on the importance of due process
The late Canadian journalist Christie Blatchford gave a speech last year about the importance of due process and the dangers of the #MeToo moral panic. These are the edited highlights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 78Yoram Hazony talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the controversy surrounding his national conservatism conference in Rome
Israeli political theorist Yoram Hazony talks to Toby Young about the national conservatism conference in Rome and why British Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski should not have been reprimanded by his party for attending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 77Michael Solano talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the coming corporatization of Mars
Venture capitalist Michael Solana talks to Jonathan Kay about interstellar corporatocracy—and why we should welcome it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 76Charles Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity
Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve, talks to Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 75The makers of The Rise of Jordan Peterson talk to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about their controversial documentary
Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi of Holding Space Films talk to Jonathan kay about the time they spent chronicling the daily life of Canada’s most famous public intellectual—and how critics on both sides reacted to The Rise of Jordan Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 74George Orwell's biographer Richard Bradford talks to Quillette's Toby Young on the 70th anniversary of Orwell's death
Richard Bradford, author of Orwell: A Man of Our Time, talks to Toby Young about why Orwell still has a great deal to teach us 70 years after his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 73Comedy director and producer Paul Provenza talks to guest host Jamie Kilstein about Ricky Gervais and cancel culture
Stand-up comedian and guest host Jamie Kilstein talks to comedy impresario Paul Provenza about Ricky Gervais's monologue at the Golden Globes and whether comedy is finally emerging from under a cloud of woke humourlessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 72Conservative politician Daniel Hannan talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the late Sir Roger Scruton
Daniel Hannan, the Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England, talks to Toby Young about his lifelong friendship with the late Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 71Harvard history professor James Hankins talks to guest host Alexandra Hudson about his new book on Renaissance Italy
Harvard Historian James Hankins on what the great Renaissance humanists can teach us about virtue and statecraft. Plus: Why so many get Machiavelli wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 70Forensic psychologist Armando Simón talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about why we shouldn't put a man on Mars
Armando Simón, forensic psychologist and science writer, talks to Jonathan Kay about why it would be a mistake to try and put a man on Mars. Simón recently set out the case against a manned space flight to Mars in Quillette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 69Clinical psychologist Dr James Cantor talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his critique of the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for treating trans children
Dr James Cantor, clinical psychologist and sexologist, talks to Jonathan Kay about his recent peer-reviewed critique of the AAP's unscientific guidelines on treating trans children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 68Quillette Associate Editor Toby Young talks to Canadian Editor Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson's victory in the UK General Election
Toby Young talks to Jonathan Kay about the Conservatives' victory in the UK General Election in which Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 67Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Alireza Nader talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the recent political unrest in Iran
Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime's brutal response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 66Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Oikophobia—the knee-jerk dislike of your own culture
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Jonathan Kay about why so many intellectuals and young people loathe the culture of the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 65Veteran Political Pundit Mark Halperin talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Trump's re-election prospects
Political pundit Mark Halperin talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book, How to Beat Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 64Journalist and essayist Meghan Daum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her new book
Author Meghan Daum talks to Jonathan Kay about her new book, The Problem With Everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 63Steve Richards, veteran political pundit, talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the forthcoming U.K. election
Veteran political journalist Steve Richards talks to Toby Young about the U.K.'s forthcoming General Election, becoming a stage performer late in life, and his recent book about recent British Prime Ministers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 62David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds
Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies David Adesnik talks to Jonathan Kay about the latest developments in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 61Journalist Jesse Singal talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being harassed by a Slate journalist
Jesse Singal, contributing writer at New York magazine, talks to Jonathan Kay about being targeted for cancellation by Nicole Cliffe, a well-known left-wing journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 60Journalist and pundit David Frum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Canadian election result
David Frum, ex-speechwriter for George W Bush and senior editor at the Atlantic, talks to Jonathan Kay about the result of the recent Canadian election. Does Justin Trudeau deserve a second term as Prime Minister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 59US Constitutional law expert Brian Kalt talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about using the 25th Amendment to remove a president
Professor Brian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book on the 25th Amendment and the difficulties of using it to remove a president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 58Amber Scorah talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses
Ex-Jehovah's Witness Amber Scorah talks to Jonathan Kay about leaving the Christian sect and her book Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 57Douglas Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book The Madness of Crowds
Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the moral shortcomings of identity politics and the Marxist underpinnings of the Social Justice movement, both subjects of his new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 56Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski aged 13, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay
Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was 13, talks to Jonathan Kay about why she has refused to be cast as a victim and how she's dealt with the controversy her stance has generated, particularly in the #MeToo era. She is steeling herself for another bout of unwanted attention when Polanski's new film—An Officer and a Spy—is released next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 55New York Times editor Bari Weiss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism
New York Times editor and opinion writer Bari Weiss talks to Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism, her new book on the rise in anti-Semitism in the U.S. on the Left and the Right and what we can do to combat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 54Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Chick-fil-A protests in Toronto
Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Jonathan Kay about his changing attitude to Chick-fil-A, which recently opened its first outlet in Toronto. As the founder of Campus Pride, a nationwide LGBT student activist group, Windmeyer was originally a sworn enemy of Chick-fil-A because the company has donated to groups opposed to same-sex marriage. But Dan Cathy, the son of Chick-fil-A's founder and the company's COO, reached out to Windmeyer in 2012 and the two have since become friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 53Professor Anthony Kronman talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about America's higher education crisis
Yale Law School professor Anthony Kronman talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book The Assault on American Excellence in which he laments the decline of aristocratic values in America's elite universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 52Carl Gardner talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Britain's constitutional crisis
Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer, talks to Toby Young about Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament, whether it's constitutionally legitimate, and what the political ramifications are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 51Professor Nadim Kobeissi talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the dangers posed by Facebook's new cryptocurrency
Nadim Kobeissi, a professor at NYU and director of a cryptography consulting firm, tells Jonathan Kay about the risks posed by Libra, Facebook's new cryptocurrency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 50Peter Boghossian, the Portland State philosophy professor, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to about his forthcoming book
Portland State philosophy professor Peter Boghossian talks to Jonathan Kay about his forthcoming book—How to Have Impossible Conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 49Professor Bruce Gilley talks to Quillette's Toby Young about anti-conservative bias in America's universities
Bruce Gilley, professor of political science at Portland State, talks to Toby Young about not being able to get his course on conservative political thought approved by his faculty, and his efforts to fight back against progressive authoritarianism on campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 48Heterodox Academy 2019 conference highlights presented by Quillette's Jonathan Kay
Heterodox Academy 2019 conference highlights presented by Jonathan Kay, featuring Steven Pinker, Karith Foster, Jennifer Collins Bloomquist, Dan Mogulof, Lara Schwartz, Brandon Calhoun and Coleman Hughes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 47Toby Young talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson, Britain's new Prime Minister whom he's known for 36 years
Toby Young, Quillette's associate editor, talks to Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson, Britain's new Prime Minister whom Toby first met 36 years ago when they were students together at Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 46Nancy Rommelmann talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how Portland became the woke capital of America
Journalist and YouTuber Nancy Rommelmann talks to Jonathan Kay about how Portland became the most woke city in America, what it's like living there, and why she's moving. She provides an update on the targeting of her husband's coffee shop by an outrage mob after she expressed some reservations about aspects of the #MeToo movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 45Professor Wilfred Reilly talks to Quillette's Toby Young talks about his new book Hate Crime Hoax
Wilfred Reilly, an assistant professor of political science at Kentucky State University, talks to Toby Young about his new book documenting the prevalence of hate crime hoaxes and what that tells us about contemporary American society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 44Jamie Kilstein talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his move to Arizona
Jamie Kilstein, comedian and podcaster, talks to Jonathan Kay about his departure from LA, Andy Ngo's Antifa beating and what it's like to hang out with Moby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 43Professor Nicholas Christakis talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks about his new book Blueprint
Nicholas Christakis, Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale, talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book Blueprint and what evolution can teach us about overcoming conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 42Google whistleblower Mike Wacker talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay
Mike Wacker, the ex-Google software engineer who was fired for exposing the company's liberal bias, talks to Jonathan Kay talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 41Nuclear expert Michael Shellenberger talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the woeful shortcomings of Chernobyl, the HBO mini-series
Quillette contributor and nuclear energy expert Michael Shellenberger talks to Toby Young about what Chernobyl, the critically-acclaimed HBO mini-series, got wrong and why that matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep 40Francis Fukuyama talks to Quillette's Alexandra Hudson about identity politics
Francis Fukuyama is interviewed by guest host Alexandra Hudson about the themes of his new book Identity: The Demand For Dignity and the Politics of Resentment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices