Podcast # 194: Canadaâs Unmarked-Graves Social Panic: How Did the Media Get This Blockbuster Story So Wrong? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to National Post reporter (and popular Substack author) Terry Glavin about the blockbuster 2021 claim that hundreds of murdered Indigenous children had been found in unmarked graves, the process by which that story began to unravel in the year that followed, and what the Quillette 3 Aug 2022 · 1 min read
Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous. Allan Stratton 3 Aug 2022 · 9 min read
Go Ask Beatrice: Notes on a Dishonest Decade An outstanding new book tells the story of a wildly successful literary hoax. But it was just one of many. Kevin Mims 2 Aug 2022 · 29 min read
The Real Challenges Facing Public Education Critical Race Theory is a distraction and 'equity' is just a buzzword. A new book by an award-winning teacher argues that the real challenges facing public education go much deeper than political ideology. Shane Trotter 1 Aug 2022 · 10 min read
Quillette Weekly False privilege, digital junk food, greenflation, and the untold story of a Wisconsin prison soul band. Claire Lehmann 31 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
Against False Privilege One of the biggest blunders of modern activism is the promotion of guilt and the demand for false privilege. Niamh JimĂ©nez 30 Jul 2022 · 8 min read
From Football to Fiasco Herschel Walker is discovering that moving from professional football to politics isnât as easy as it looks. Daniel McGraw 30 Jul 2022 · 7 min read
Guilty and Insane Dissociative Identity Disorder and the riddle of human responsibility. Daniel Kriegman 29 Jul 2022 · 20 min read
Should We Consider Aging a Disease? Rethinking human âenhancementâ in an era of sick-care. Raiany Romanni 28 Jul 2022 · 6 min read
Lost Soul Behind Bars The untold story of Upheaval, a prison band that recorded one of the most sought-after soul singles of the 1970s. Max Wilson 28 Jul 2022 · 21 min read
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor. Joel Kotkin and HĂŒgo KrĂŒger 27 Jul 2022 · 15 min read
Stop Feeding Your Brain Junk Food A simple way to discourage clickbait influencers from producing low-quality content is for the rest of us to stop consuming it. Gurwinder Bhogal 26 Jul 2022 · 9 min read
The New Prohibition The neuroscientific model of addiction is at odds with our freedom to experience the sensual life. Ronald W. Dworkin 25 Jul 2022 · 10 min read
Quillette Weekly A media-fuelled social panic, Wikipedia bias, the metaverse, mafia, and more. Claire Lehmann 24 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
Stop Sharing Political Memes They are a doorway into stupidity and misery. Christopher J. Ferguson 23 Jul 2022 · 5 min read