Podcast #273: Australiaâs 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. Quillette 23 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Podcast #272: 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. Quillette 14 Feb 2025 · 24 min read
Podcast #271: The Canadian EpisodeâTrumpâs Tariffs and Trudeauâs Travails Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with The Line editor Jen Gerson about how US President Donald Trumpâs tariff threats have affected Canadaâs already fractured political landscape. Quillette 8 Feb 2025 · 14 min read
Podcast #270: âThe Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeatedâ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale English professor-turned-essayist William Deresiewicz, who argues that Americansâmany Democrats includedâare fed up with campus-style progressive radicalism. Quillette / William Deresiewicz 1 Feb 2025 · 9 min read
Podcast #269: Ancient Australians Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to âMungo Manicâ about his extensive research into the lives of the ancient Australians. Quillette / Mungo Manic 24 Jan 2025 · 65 min read
Podcast #268: 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 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
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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
