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 · 5 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
Podcast #206: Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard: The Definitive Postmortem from an Unlikely Expert Podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to literary journalist Charlotte Allen about her self-confessed “secret appetite” for trashy Hollywood stories—and her exhaustive Quillette story about Johnny Depp’s successful defamation suit against his ex-wife. Quillette 21 Jan 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #205: From Golden Girls Super-fan to Right-Wing Culture Warrior: The Strange Journey of Dave Rubin Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Ross Anderson about the Rubin Report’s increasingly conservative (and angry) star host. Anderson’s Quillette profile of Rubin was published last month under the title, All About Dave. "Unfortunately, Rubin, like most of us, is slow to acknowledge the unreliability Quillette 3 Jan 2023 · 1 min read
Podcast #204: Discovering Your Inner ‘Demisexual’ Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield of Feminine Chaos, about why young straight women are inventing new (and dubious) queer subcategories. Links discussed in this episode: Feminine Chaos: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Demisexual Feminine Chaos: Your Privilege Is Showing, Quillette 15 Dec 2022 · 1 min read
Podcast #203: A Marriage Lost to Gender Identity Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks to author Shannon Thrace—whose 16-year marriage fell apart after her newly transitioned husband became immersed in the ideologically uncompromising world of online transgender activism. Quillette 5 Dec 2022 · 1 min read