Ancient Australians Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to âMungo Manicâ about his extensive research into the lives of the ancient Australians. Quillette 24 Jan 2025 · 65 min read
The Power of Nuclear Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Dutch writer Marco Visscher, author of âThe Power of Nuclear: The Rise, Fall and Return of Our Mightiest Energy Source.â Quillette / Marco Visscher 18 Jan 2025 · 26 min read
Podcast #267: The Tragedy of Californiaâs Wildfires Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Southern California scholar William Deverell about what he calls the ânew fire regime in the American West.â Quillette 12 Jan 2025 · 13 min read
Podcast #266: Reading and Writing Science Iona Italia talks to eminent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins about science, literature, and genetics. Quillette 4 Jan 2025 · 23 min read
Podcast #265: Did Oliver Cromwell Really Kill Christmas? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with David Crowther about seventeenth-century puritan attitudes toward yuletide debaucheryâand about his acclaimed History of England podcast. Quillette 24 Dec 2024 · 15 min read
Quilletteâs Most Watchedâ2024 Our most popular videos of 2024. Quillette 22 Dec 2024 · 1 min read
Quillette Editorsâ Choice of 2024 Jamie, Jon, Iona, and Claire share their favourite essays from this year. Quillette 21 Dec 2024 · 9 min read
Podcast #264: A Theory of Everyone Iona Italia talks to cultural evolutionary theorist Michael Muthukrishna, author of âA Theory of Everyone,â about the human dual inheritanceâpart inherited, part taughtâand about how energy availability underpins everything. Quillette 21 Dec 2024 · 39 min read
Podcast #263: In Defence of Julia the Elder Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Joan Smith, whose new book critically examines the 2,000-year-old propaganda campaign against imperial Romeâs leading women. Quillette 14 Dec 2024 · 15 min read
Podcast #262: Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon Iona Italia talks to globetrotter and intellectual magpie Anna Gat about her modern-day salon, Interintellect. Quillette 6 Dec 2024 · 36 min read
Podcast #261: Lessons from a Teachers-College Battle Over Free Speech and âDecolonizationâ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses recent events at the University of Western Ontario, where instructors spent months denouncing an outspoken education student whoâd asked awkward questions about Indigenous reconciliationâuntil a tribunal concluded theyâd violated her rights. Quillette 30 Nov 2024 · 2 min read
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 âSettler Colonialismâ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Adam Kirsch about the growing corps of academics and activists seeking to demonise âsettler colonialistsâ in North America, Australiaâand 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
