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Podcast #255: We Have Never Been Woke

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with scholar Musa al-Gharbi, whose acclaimed new book analyses the rise of progressive ideological orthodoxy as a means for elites to signal status and accumulate ‘cultural capital.’

Quillette

19 Oct 2024 · 11 min read

A crowd of people, mourning. Man comforts a crying woman in the centre.

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

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.

Quillette

9 Oct 2024 · 44 min read

Hannah Arendt in a black and white portrait. She has a beaming smile and is around 50 years old.

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

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.

Quillette

4 Oct 2024 · 16 min read

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.

Quillette

25 Sep 2024 · 51 min read

An image of Justo Antonio Triana, a young man (around 20) with shoulder length brown hair and a beard. He is Spanish-looking.

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

Composite image of Francis Fukuyama and John Mearsheimer against a backdrop of Israeli and Russian flags.

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

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.’

Jonathan Kay

16 Sep 2024 · 29 min read

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.”

Quillette

4 Sep 2024 · 27 min read

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.’

Quillette

29 Aug 2024 · 23 min read

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.

Quillette

21 Aug 2024 · 26 min read

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.

Quillette

16 Aug 2024 · 16 min read

Podcast #246: How Gender Activists Took Over a Scottish Rape-Crisis Centre

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Joan Smith about the scandals that unfolded at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre under the leadership of its male trans-identified CEO, Mridul Wadhwa.

Jonathan Kay

9 Aug 2024 · 22 min read

Podcast #245: How We Form Our Political Beliefs with Oliver Traldi

Iona Italia talks to Oliver Traldi about his new book, ‘Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction.’

Quillette

2 Aug 2024 · 48 min read