Podcast #243: The Freedom to Blaspheme Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada. Quillette 17 Jul 2024 · 18 min read
Podcast #242: Life on Mars Iona Italia talks to Robert Zubrin, who argues that Mars offers an extraordinary wealth of social and intellectual opportunities that would enrich humanity. And we can get there soon. Quillette 10 Jul 2024 · 41 min read
Podcast #241: Protest? Polite Pass New York Times columnist Pamela Paul tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why standing around yelling slogans isn’t her preferred way of changing the world. Quillette 3 Jul 2024 · 17 min read
Podcast #240: Parsi Bombay, Then and Now Iona Italia talks to Nev March about her historical novel, Murder in Old Bombay, and about the Zoroastrians of Bombay both past and present. Quillette 26 Jun 2024 · 43 min read
Podcast #239: Justin Trudeau’s Ominous Online Harms Act: ‘Minority Report’ Comes to Canada Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic Magazine staff writer Conor Friedersdorf about a censorious government bill that would allow officials to investigate Canadians for things they haven’t done yet. Quillette 19 Jun 2024 · 14 min read
The Problem Isn’t Technology, It’s Us Iona Italia talks to Timandra Harkness about her new book, on our ambivalent relationship with personalised technology. Quillette 5 Jun 2024 · 37 min read
Podcast #237: The (Culture) War Diaries of Nellie Bowles Jonathan Kay speaks with ‘Morning After the Revolution’ author Nellie Bowles about her journalistic adventures amid progressive true believers and ideological enforcers. Quillette 23 May 2024 · 30 min read
Podcast #236: Recovery from Rape Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Larissa Phillips about the best ways to prevent rape and promote victims' recovery. Quillette 22 May 2024 · 30 min read
What We’re Reading in May Discover new reads hand-picked by our editors. Quillette 18 May 2024 · 6 min read
Podcast #235: Coming to Terms with Autogynephilia ‘How I see things now is that I’m a self-attracted male person who prefers to be perceived by the rest of the world as a woman. That’s who I am.’ Quillette / Debbie Hayton 7 May 2024 · 24 min read
El NYT distorsiona la historia del conflicto israelí-palestino Una maraña de errores factuales y juicios engañosos ha generado una descripción distorsionada de la Guerra de 1948. Quillette 8 Apr 2024 · 11 min read
Podcast #234: Coleman Hughes on Progressive ‘Neo-Racism’ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Coleman Hughes about his acclaimed new book, ‘The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.’ Quillette / Coleman Hughes 28 Mar 2024 · 29 min read
Podcast #233: Creating a Safe Space for ‘Problematic’ Women Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Meghan Daum about The Unspeakeasy, a ‘community for free-thinking women who crave honest conversations’ Quillette / Meghan Daum 15 Mar 2024 · 29 min read
Podcast #232: Is Israel Really Committing Genocide in Gaza? ‘What South Africa’s evidence really shows us is that there’s a war going on—and that the Israelis are determined to destroy Hamas. But that’s a far cry from genocide.’ Quillette / Norman J.W. Goda 21 Feb 2024 · 25 min read