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.
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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.’
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.
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.
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.’
Podcast #244 : Language vs Reality with Nick Enfield
Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists.
Dr Mike Israetel, The Philosopher Bodybuilder: Quillette Cetera Episode 36
The well-known bodybuilder and sports scientist speaks about growing up in the USSR, religion, war, and offensive jokes.
Podcast #243: The Freedom to Blaspheme
Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada.
Podcast #242: Life on Mars
Iona Italia talks to Robert Zubrin, who argues that Mars offers an extraordinary wealth of social and intellectual opportunities that would enrich humanity. And we can get there soon.
Podcast #241: Protest? Polite Pass
New York Times columnist Pamela Paul tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why standing around yelling slogans isn’t her preferred way of changing the world.
Podcast #240: Parsi Bombay, Then and Now
Iona Italia talks to Nev March about her historical novel, Murder in Old Bombay, and about the Zoroastrians of Bombay both past and present.
Rebalancing the Gender Narrative with Dr Warren Farrell: Quillette Cetera Episode 35
The couples therapist and men's rights activist discusses his new book and the current landscape of gender discourse.