An Interview with Michael Shellenberger Misinformation Bill Claire: Welcome, Michael, welcome to Sydney. It’s great to have you here. Now, I want to talk to you about the misinformation bill that the current government is tabling, which is going to a vote in the Senate next week. The government is currently considering both a Claire Lehmann / Michael Shellenberger 3 Dec 2024 · 18 min read
Talking Far-Right Extremism and the Middle East with Richard Hanania: Quillette Cetera Episode 42 A colourful conversation with polemicist Richard Hanania. Zoe Booth 29 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
Megalopolis: Bloated, Outré—and Brilliant Like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, it’s chaos alright—but it’s a dazzling chaos. Ralph Leonard 13 Nov 2024 · 8 min read
I’m Tired of the Victimhood Narrative Lidia Thorpe is not treated more harshly because she’s an Indigenous woman. In fact, if it weren’t for these two immutable characteristics, she wouldn’t be where she is today. Zoe Booth 8 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
An Honest Conversation About Colonialism with Nigel Biggar: Quillette Cetera Episode 41 Zoe meets with the ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar as part of his trip to Australia. Zoe Booth / Nigel Biggar 30 Oct 2024 · 21 min read
What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers (Still) Aren’t Allowed to Say An Oxford-based academic philosopher explains why he no longer uses a pseudonym when discussing plain truths about biological sex. Daniel Kodsi 16 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
A New Kind of Racism An expansive new definition of anti-Palestinian racism could stymie free and open discussion of the Israel–Palestine conflict. Mika Hackner 11 Oct 2024 · 6 min read
7 October, One Year Later with David Benatar: Quillette Cetera Episode 40 On the anniversary of 7 October, philosopher David Benatar discusses the ethical questions it raises and about his new book, “Very Practical Ethics.” Zoe Booth 10 Oct 2024 · 17 min read
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz: Quillette Cetera Episode 39 A conversation with Roger Berkowitz, the Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics. Zoe Booth 4 Oct 2024 · 10 min read
Escaping Cuba: Quillette Cetera Episode 38 A conversation with the Cuban student, poet and free-speech advocate, Justo Antonio Triana. Zoe Booth / Justo Antonio Triana 24 Sep 2024 · 24 min read
When Will The New York Times Correct Its Flawed Reporting on ‘Unmarked Graves’? The same reporter who helped spark Canada’s 2021 social panic has published a new article walking back his original errors—but those mistakes remain uncorrected on the Times’ website. Jonathan Kay 20 Sep 2024 · 8 min read
Liberalism vs Realism with Matt Johnson: Quillette Cetera Episode 37 The future of liberal democracies, populism, and what Mearsheimer and realists get wrong about Israel and Russia. Zoe Booth / Matt Johnson 16 Sep 2024 · 11 min read
The Problem Is Islam—Not Islamism The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself. Obaid Omer 23 Aug 2024 · 5 min read
The Chauvinist/Gender Theorist Alliance The boxing debacle in Paris has cast an embarrassing spotlight on the IOC’s willingness to embrace nonsensical gender theory. Jon Pike 15 Aug 2024 · 6 min read
What I Learnt Interviewing Jihadists A conversation about Iran, Israel, and Islamic terrorism with Iraqi researcher Suha Hassen. Zoe Booth / Suha Hassen 9 Aug 2024 · 20 min read