Podcast #221: Understanding Gender Radicalism and White Racial Guilt as Ersatz Religious Movements Indian-Canadian podcast host Kushal Mehra interviews Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the radicalized beliefs and unsettling rituals that now characterize performative progressive politics in Canada and the rest of the Western world. Quillette 2 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #220: Talking Science and Substacking in ‘Nash Vegas’ Host Jonathan Kay shares a Nashville breakfast with journalist Christina Buttons and her Quillette-alumnus boyfriend, Colin Wright, author of the popular Substack, Reality’s Last Stand. Quillette 23 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #219: When DEI ‘Training’ Becomes Harassment—A Tragic Canadian Case Study Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with municipal politician Bill Dennis about diversity consultant Kike Ojo-Thompson, whose training methods became infamous following the recent suicide of Toronto educator Richard Bilkszto (1963-2023). RIP, Richard Bilkszto, a Toronto Educator Who Stood up to Woke Bullying—and Paid the PriceTwo years after being Quillette 8 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast # 218: McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring: Uncovering Administrators’ Role in Inflaming a Campus Social Panic Lawrence Krauss, host of The Origins Podcast, interviews Jonathan Kay about his Quillette investigation into the spread of false rape allegations on a Canadian university campus in 2020—and the lessons that can be learned. Quillette 9 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #217: Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion. This podcast is also available on YouTube. Quillette 3 Jul 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #216: Learning From an Ex-White Supremacist Iona Italia speaks with Henry Rambow, whose Hate No More podcast tells the story of “Casper,” a one-time leader of the State Prison Skinheads. Quillette 24 Jun 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #215: Who is the Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Industry Actually Helping? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic writer Conor Friedersdorf about his recent article, The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege. Quillette 9 Jun 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #214: Bastardizing Beethoven, Mangling Mozart Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Heather Mac Donald, whose newly published book argues that western civilization’s cultural treasures are being debased in the name of racial equity. Quillette 19 May 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #213: Meghan Murphy on Sex, Feminism, Sports, Fast Food, The Walking Dead, Mexico, and Some Like It Hot The Same Drugs podcaster Meghan Murphy and Quillette’s Jonathan Kay explore how COVID, gender bending, and progressive politics have combined to shape a new kind of social tribe. Quillette 7 May 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #212: Kellie-Jay Keen on Protecting Women, and Facing Down Aggressive Gender-Rights Mobs The British activist once known as Posie Parker talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the assault she endured in New Zealand, why she doesn’t call herself a feminist, and the dangers of the “full-on cult” that has mobilized against her. Mobbed but Unbowed: An Interview with Kellie-Jay Quillette 21 Apr 2023 · 4 min read
Podcast #211: Youth Gender Dysphoria and Social Contagion: Exploring the Latest Research Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey, co-author of the newly published academic article, Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1,655 Possible Cases. Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1655 Possible Cases - Archives of Sexual BehaviorDuring the past decade Quillette 4 Apr 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #210: Keeping Biological Males Out of Women’s Swimming Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to NCAA backstroke champion-turned-activist Marshi Smith about her years in the pool, the Lia Thomas controversy, and Smith’s campaign to protect the integrity of female sport. Quillette 29 Mar 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #209: In Defence of the British Empire Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Oxford Professor Nigel Biggar, author of a newly published, best-selling book that examines the mixed legacy of British colonial rule. Quillette / Nigel Biggar 12 Mar 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #208: Fair Play for Female Athletes—Then and Now Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to former U.S. Olympic team rower Mary O’Connor about her 1970s-era fight against sports sexism—and today’s battle to keep male bodies out of women’s rowing. Quillette 27 Feb 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #207: The Fight to Provide Gender Dysphoric Children with Holistic Therapy Instead of Instant ‘Affirmation’ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with James Esses, an aspiring British therapist who was expelled from his training institute for voicing concerns about ideologically programmed restrictions on the care of trans-identified youth. Quillette 9 Feb 2023 · 1 min read