Podcast Episodes

Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and TED Talker Lenore Skenazy, whose campaign to give children more opportunities for independent play and learning once earned her the title of…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Trouble with Tariffs

Iona Italia talks to John H. Cochrane aka "The Grumpy Economist" about the motivations, effects and implications of Donald Trump's economic policies.

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Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?

Iona Italia talks to William Costello, an evolutionary psychologist whose work focuses on incels, about what the Netflix series 'Adolescence' gets right and wrong about this group.

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Published on 5 months ago

The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and satirist Andrew Doyle about the worrying rise of illiberal ideologies and cultish political tendencies among conservatives.

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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Anti-Zionism, Past and Present

Quillette’s Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to scholar Izabella Tabarovsky about the Soviet roots of contemporary anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

On Book Banning

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with book author Ira Wells about the censorship demands emanating from both sides of the political spectrum.

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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Christianity and the American Polity

Iona Italia talks to Brookings Institution senior fellow Jonathan Rauch about his latest book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy. 

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Published on 6 months ago

Australia’s Antisemitism Crisis

Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann speaks with Bangladeshi-born Australian psychiatrist and journalist Tanveer Ahmed about the rise of Jew-hatred in their country.

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Great Divergence

Iona Italia talks to evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary about why he believes evolved differences between the sexes have been growing more salient in western societies. 

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Canadian Episode: Trump’s Tariffs and Trudeau’s Travails

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with The Line editor Jen Gerson about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have affected Canada’s already fractured political landscape.

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Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago