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Quillette Podcast

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Long-form conversations with scientists, writers, historians, and public intellectuals on the ideas shaping — and dividing — the Western world. Mostly hosted by Jonathan Kay — Canadian journalist, author, and Quillette editor whose books include Among the Truthers , a landmark investigation into conspiracy culture. Kay brings a rare combination of intellectual range, genuine curiosity, and willingness to push back, whether the subject is evolutionary biology, cancel culture, geopolitics, or the philosophy of free speech. Non-dogmatic, evidence-driven, and unafraid of controversy.

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Clinical psychologist Dr James Cantor talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about his critique of the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for treating trans children 24.12.2019 30:51

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

Quillette Associate Editor Toby Young talks to Canadian Editor Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson's victory in the UK General Election 14.12.2019 33:58

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

Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Alireza Nader talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the recent political unrest in Iran 11.12.2019 18:49

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

Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Oikophobia—the knee-jerk dislike of your own culture 01.12.2019 26:07

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

Veteran Political Pundit Mark Halperin talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Trump's re-election prospects 21.11.2019 30:19

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

Journalist and essayist Meghan Daum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her new book 15.11.2019 41:01

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

Steve Richards, veteran political pundit, talks to Quillette's Toby Young about the forthcoming U.K. election 07.11.2019 1:00:26

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

David Adesnik, Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about ISIS, Syria and the Kurds 02.11.2019 32:17

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

Journalist Jesse Singal talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being harassed by a Slate journalist 28.10.2019 16:05

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

Journalist and pundit David Frum talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Canadian election result 25.10.2019 45:23

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

US Constitutional law expert Brian Kalt talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about using the 25th Amendment to remove a president 18.10.2019 24:46

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

Amber Scorah talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about being leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses 11.10.2019 45:41

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

Douglas Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book The Madness of Crowds 03.10.2019 50:50

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

Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski aged 13, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay 26.09.2019 21:16

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 choice...

New York Times editor Bari Weiss talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism 21.09.2019 29:27

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

Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the Chick-fil-A protests in Toronto 15.09.2019 17:48

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...

Professor Anthony Kronman talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about America's higher education crisis 04.09.2019 53:21

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

Carl Gardner talks to Quillette's Toby Young about Britain's constitutional crisis 30.08.2019 56:29

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

Professor Nadim Kobeissi talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the dangers posed by Facebook's new cryptocurrency 23.08.2019 29:34

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

Peter Boghossian, the Portland State philosophy professor, talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay talks to about his forthcoming book 14.08.2019 34:32

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

Professor Bruce Gilley talks to Quillette's Toby Young about anti-conservative bias in America's universities 07.08.2019 29:06

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

Heterodox Academy 2019 conference highlights presented by Quillette's Jonathan Kay 31.07.2019 21:15

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

Toby Young talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson, Britain's new Prime Minister whom he's known for 36 years 25.07.2019 34:28

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

Nancy Rommelmann talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about how Portland became the woke capital of America 16.07.2019 29:52

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

Professor Wilfred Reilly talks to Quillette's Toby Young talks about his new book Hate Crime Hoax 15.07.2019 47:55

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