Podcast #260: Making Britain Great Again Iona Italia talks to Sam Bowman about how to combat the economic stagnation and excess bureaucracy that are currently preventing the UK from reaching its full potential. Quillette 20 Nov 2024 · 53 min read
Podcast #259: The Campaign Against ‘Settler Colonialism’ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Adam Kirsch about the growing corps of academics and activists seeking to demonise ‘settler colonialists’ in North America, Australia—and especially Israel. Quillette 14 Nov 2024 · 23 min read
Podcast #258: Canadian Bureaucracy and Its Discontents Iona Italia talks to Nick Osmond-Jones about the impacts of some absurd DEI directives on Canadian public service. Quillette 8 Nov 2024 · 34 min read
Podcast #257: How Universities Should Regulate Contentious Speech Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with prolific Harvard University legal scholar Cass Sunstein about his new book, Campus Free Speech: A Pocket Guide. Quillette 2 Nov 2024 · 10 min read
Podcast #256: Unreliable Sources Iona Italia talks to Jack Despain Zhou (aka Tracing Woodgrains) about the decline of standards at Wikipedia as a result of the obsessive efforts of ideologically motivated editors. Quillette 24 Oct 2024 · 49 min read
Podcast #255: We Have Never Been Woke Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with scholar Musa al-Gharbi, whose acclaimed new book analyses the rise of progressive ideological orthodoxy as a means for elites to signal status and accumulate ‘cultural capital.’ Quillette 19 Oct 2024 · 11 min read
Podcast #254: In Defence of Beauty Iona Italia talks to artist Megan Gafford about how we have come to value statement-making over beauty and craftsmanship in art and architecture. Quillette 9 Oct 2024 · 44 min read
Podcast #253: A Brief History of Communism Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard College historian Sean McMeekin about his new book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism. Quillette 4 Oct 2024 · 16 min read
Podcast #252: Trans Rights, Israel, and the Progressive Circus Iona Italia talks to Democratic political campaigner Brianna Wu about finding a more sensible approach to trans rights and combating progressive insanity. Quillette 25 Sep 2024 · 51 min read
Podcast #250: Israel: Germany’s Reason of State Iona Italia talks to Gerfried Ambrosch about pro-Israel feeling on the German Left, antisemitism among Muslim immigrants and why Israel’s safety is “Germany’s reason of state.” Quillette 4 Sep 2024 · 27 min read
Podcast #249: The (Other) Scandal at Oberlin College Jonathan Kay speaks with Roya Hakakian about the rise and fall of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a former Iranian official who’d presented himself to Oberlin as an agent of peace and ‘forgiveness.’ Quillette 29 Aug 2024 · 23 min read
Podcast #248: Bridging Divides Between Democrats and Republicans, with John R. Wood, Jr. Iona Italia talks to John Wood, Jr. of Braver Angels, about building a stronger democratic consensus in America. Quillette 21 Aug 2024 · 26 min read
Podcast #247: Should Imane Khelif Be Allowed to Box Against Women? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biologist Emma Hilton about the controversy surrounding a champion women’s boxer whom critics accuse of being biologically male. Quillette 16 Aug 2024 · 16 min read
Podcast #245: How We Form Our Political Beliefs with Oliver Traldi Iona Italia talks to Oliver Traldi about his new book, ‘Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction.’ Quillette 2 Aug 2024 · 48 min read
Podcast #244 : Language vs Reality with Nick Enfield Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists. Quillette 24 Jul 2024 · 37 min read
