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Quillette is an online magazine founded by Australian writer Claire Lehmann. The publication has a primary focus on science, technology, news, culture, and politics.
Quillette Podcast
English, News magazine, 1 season, 235 episodes, 6 days, 33 minutes
Quillette Podcast
English, News magazine, 1 season, 235 episodes, 6 days, 33 minutes
Is Israel Really Committing Genocide in Gaza?
University of Florida historian Norman Goda tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why he isn’t persuaded by South Africa’s claims against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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2/21/2024 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Leaving MAGA
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Rich Logis, a one-time fervent Donald Trump supporter who’s now renounced his MAGA beliefs—and is trying to help others do the same.
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1/28/2024 • 31 minutes, 39 seconds
The Fine Line Between Denouncing ‘Settler Colonialism’ and Supporting Terrorism
Atlantic magazine writer Michael Powell talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about his latest article—The Curious Rise of Settler Colonialism and Turtle Island—in which he explains how activists are weaponizing fashionable academic doctrines to delegitimize the existence of Israel, the United States, and other Western societies.
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1/16/2024 • 33 minutes, 16 seconds
How ‘Intersectional Feminism’ Got Hijacked by Men
Veteran feminist activist, author, and pundit Julie Bindel talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the need to protect hard-won women’s rights from gender ideologues.
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12/4/2023 • 45 minutes, 53 seconds
The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Justinian
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Cambridge University historian Peter Sarris about his new book on Justinian the Great, the lowborn sixth century Byzantine emperor who remade Roman law, suppressed Christian heresies, built architectural wonders, and reconquered lost lands.
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11/22/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 19 seconds
The October 7 Terrorist Attacks, in Historical Perspective
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to influential Israeli historian Benny Morris about Hamas’ acts of mass murder, the Israeli response, and the future of Gaza.
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11/1/2023 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
Eric Kaufmann’s New ‘Centre for Heterodox Social Science’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with political scientist Eric Kaufmann about cancel culture, switching universities, and why academics need to have honest conversations about the down side of immigration.
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10/20/2023 • 38 minutes, 10 seconds
The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash aka DJ Hookie
Quillette editor and podcast host Iona Italia talks with speaker, DJ, and quadruple amputee Tom Nash about his new book, ‘Hook, Line, and Sinner.’
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10/18/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans-Identified Children
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychotherapist and book author Stella O’Malley, and parent ‘Josie A.,’ about the need to heed parents’ voices before ‘affirming’ a child’s desire for gender-transition therapies.
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10/2/2023 • 44 minutes, 50 seconds
Tracing the Roots of the Ideological Movement (Formerly) Known as Wokeness
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Johns Hopkins University professor Yascha Mounk about the role of Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in shaping today’s illiberal, identity-fixated political mantras—and how we can help lead progressives back to their liberal roots.
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9/13/2023 • 59 minutes, 42 seconds
Journalist John Colapinto on the Tragic Tale of David Reimer, The Boy Who Was Raised a Girl
Quillette associate editor Iona Italia interviews journalist John Colapinto, whose book "As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl" chronicles the life of David Reimer, a Canadian man who was born as Bruce Reimer and subjected to a controversial and ultimately unsuccessful gender-reassignment following a botched circumcision.
The book delves into the psychological, ethical, and medical complexities of David's life, from the surgical accident and subsequent interventions to his struggle with his gender identity. It also serves as a critique of Dr. John Money's theories on gender plasticity and the ethics of imposing a gender identity on a child unable to provide informed consent.
Colapinto interviews various people involved in the case, including David Reimer himself, his family, and professionals who later questioned Money's work. The book paints a detailed picture of the Reimer family's ordeal, David's internal struggles, and the professional controversies that the case stirred up.
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9/11/2023 • 58 minutes, 14 seconds
Understanding Gender Radicalism and White Racial Guilt as Ersatz Religious Movements
Indian-Canadian podcast host Kushal Mehra interviews Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the radicalized beliefs and unsettling rituals that now characterize performative progressive politics in Canada and the rest of the Western world.
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9/2/2023 • 46 minutes, 6 seconds
Talking Science and Substacking in ‘Nash Vegas‘
Podcast host Jonathan Kay shares a Nashville breakfast with journalist Christina Buttons and her Quillette-alumnus boyfriend, Colin Wright, author of the popular Substack, Reality’s Last Stand
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8/23/2023 • 26 minutes, 6 seconds
When DEI ‘Training’ Becomes a Pretext for Bullying and Harassment: A Tragic Canadian Case Study
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with municipal politician Bill Dennis about diversity consultant Kike Ojo-Thompson, whose training methods became infamous following the recent suicide of Toronto educator Richard Bilkszto (1963-2023).
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8/8/2023 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
McMaster University’s Imaginary Sex Ring: Uncovering Administrators’ Role in Inflaming a Campus Social Panic
Lawrence Krauss, host of The Origins Podcast, interviews Jonathan Kay about his Quillette investigation into the spread of false rape allegations on a Canadian university campus in 2020—and the lessons that can be learned.
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7/6/2023 • 29 minutes, 25 seconds
Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion.
This podcast is also available on YouTube.
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7/3/2023 • 49 minutes, 59 seconds
Learning From an Ex-White Supremacist
Iona Italia speaks with Henry Rambow, whose Hate No More podcast tells the story of “Casper,” a one-time leader of the State Prison Skinheads.
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6/24/2023 • 42 minutes, 5 seconds
Whom is the Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Industry Actually Helping?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic writer Conor Friedersdorf about his recent article, The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege.
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6/9/2023 • 40 minutes, 50 seconds
Bastardizing Beethoven, Mangling Mozart
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5/19/2023 • 48 minutes, 9 seconds
Meghan Murphy on Sex, Feminism, Sports, Fast Food, The Walking Dead, Mexico, and Some Like It Hot
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5/7/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 5 seconds
Kellie-Jay Keen on Protecting Women, and Facing Down Aggressive Gender-Rights Mobs
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4/21/2023 • 31 minutes, 3 seconds
A Sample Episode from Our New Quillette Narrated Podcast: Don’t Let Cancellation Become Banal, by Nina Paley
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4/8/2023 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Youth Gender Dysphoria and Social Contagion: Exploring the Latest Research
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4/4/2023 • 31 minutes, 47 seconds
Keeping Biological Males Out of Women’s Swimming
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to NCAA backstroke champion-turned-activist Marshi Smith about her years in the pool, the Lia Thomas controversy, and Smith’s campaign to protect the integrity of female sport.
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3/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
In Defence of the British Empire
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Oxford Professor Nigel Biggar, author of a newly published, best-selling book that examines the mixed legacy of British colonial rule.
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3/12/2023 • 43 minutes, 21 seconds
Fair Play for Female Athletes—Then and Now
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2/27/2023 • 35 minutes, 5 seconds
The Fight to Provide Gender Dysphoric Children with Holistic Therapy Instead of Instant ‘Affirmation’
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2/9/2023 • 29 minutes, 48 seconds
Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard: The Definitive Postmortem from an Unlikely Expert
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1/21/2023 • 54 minutes, 4 seconds
From Golden Girls Superfan to Right-Wing Culture Warrior: The Strange Journey of Dave Rubin
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1/3/2023 • 47 minutes, 41 seconds
Discovering Your Inner ‘Demisexual’
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12/15/2022 • 30 minutes, 44 seconds
A Marriage Lost to Gender Identity
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12/5/2022 • 37 minutes, 41 seconds
How Dubious Racism Accusations Brought Down the Guggenheim Museum’s Top Curator
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11/22/2022 • 51 minutes, 38 seconds
Sahar Tartak on Fighting Back Against Coerced ‘Anti-Racist’ Indoctrination in American Education
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11/5/2022 • 35 minutes, 3 seconds
Jonathan Kay on the State of Journalism, the Perils of Audience Capture, and the Art of Podcasting
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10/23/2022 • 34 minutes, 1 second
Andrew Lawton on the Political Legacy of Canada’s 2022 ‘Freedom Convoy’
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10/11/2022 • 40 minutes, 8 seconds
Kushal Mehra on the Explosive Growth of YouTube in India
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Indian podcaster and YouTuber Kushal Mehra about the raucous, angry, informative, and often hilarious world of Indian YouTube.
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9/22/2022 • 45 minutes, 30 seconds
From VisiCalc to Global Cloud Computing: Lessons from a Lifelong Love Affair with Digital Technology
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to veteran Microsoft program manager, R&D coordinator, tablet-computing pioneer, and workplace visionary David Jones about the joy of spreadsheets, the art of “schedule chicken,” Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and “Clippy,” everyone’s least favourite digital office assistant.
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9/9/2022 • 47 minutes, 11 seconds
When Workplace Anti-Racism Training Goes Off the Rails
Nicole Levitt tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay what happened when diversity consultants were hired to teach the mantras of social justice to staff at her Philadelphia-based non-profit organization.
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8/29/2022 • 32 minutes, 9 seconds
Meet the 80-Year-Old Feminist Who Got Banned From the YMCA for Protesting Male Bodies in the Women‘s Locker Room
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks to Port Townsend, WA-area swimmer Julie Jaman, the octogenarian whose efforts to keep biological men out of a changing area reserved for girls and women led to accusations of transphobia, a visit with the police, multiple town-council debates, and an ongoing Twitter campaign called #LetJulieSwim.
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8/12/2022 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds