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.”
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Podcast #254: In Defence of Beauty
Iona Italia talks to artist Megan Gafford about how we have come to value statement-making over beauty and craftsmanship in art and architecture.
The Women of 7 October
In that moment, time stood still. There was no context, no history, no argument, no discourse. There was only pain.
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.
Podcast #253: A Brief History of Communism
Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard College historian Sean McMeekin about his new book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.
Stoicism: A Life-Changing Philosophy
Stoicism is a workout that builds emotional strength, a caulking of the timbers to enable us to weather the coming storms—a preparation we make precisely because the ocean voyage is so rewarding.
Podcast #252: Trans Rights, Israel, and the Progressive Circus
Iona Italia talks to Democratic political campaigner Brianna Wu about finding a more sensible approach to trans rights and combating progressive insanity.
Escaping Cuba: Quillette Cetera Episode 38
A conversation with the Cuban student, poet and free-speech advocate, Justo Antonio Triana.
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.
Podcast #251: Tracing the Rise of Radicalised Anti-Zionism on American Campuses
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author Paul Berman about the lingering influence of ‘Black Power’ advocate Stokely Carmichael, who once infamously claimed that ‘the only good Zionist is a dead Zionist.’
Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary
Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.
Podcast #250: Israel: Germany’s Reason of State
Iona Italia talks to Gerfried Ambrosch about pro-Israel feeling on the German Left, antisemitism among Muslim immigrants and why Israel’s safety is “Germany’s reason of state.”
Podcast #249: The (Other) Scandal at Oberlin College
Jonathan Kay speaks with Roya Hakakian about the rise and fall of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a former Iranian official who’d presented himself to Oberlin as an agent of peace and ‘forgiveness.’
Podcast #248: Bridging Divides Between Democrats and Republicans, with John R. Wood, Jr.
Iona Italia talks to John Wood, Jr. of Braver Angels, about building a stronger democratic consensus in America.
Podcast #247: Should Imane Khelif Be Allowed to Box Against Women?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biologist Emma Hilton about the controversy surrounding a champion women’s boxer whom critics accuse of being biologically male.