Podcast - Quillette (Page 2)

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

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.

Quillette

24 Jul 2024 · 37 min read

Head and shoulders photo of Mike Israetel, bald, stocky, smiling slightly, in a dark navy T-shirt

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.

Zoe Booth

23 Jul 2024 · 2 min read

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.

Quillette

17 Jul 2024 · 18 min read

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.

Quillette

10 Jul 2024 · 41 min read

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.

Quillette

3 Jul 2024 · 17 min read

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.

Quillette

26 Jun 2024 · 43 min read

A screenshot from the video interview with Dr Warren Farrell.

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.

Zoe Booth

21 Jun 2024 · 36 min read

Podcast #239: Justin Trudeau’s Ominous Online Harms Act: ‘Minority Report’ Comes to Canada

Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic Magazine staff writer Conor Friedersdorf about a censorious government bill that would allow officials to investigate Canadians for things they haven’t done yet.

Quillette

19 Jun 2024 · 14 min read

Podcast #238: Supporting Trans People Without Denying the Facts of Biology

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Duke University law school professor (and former US National Collegiate athletic champion) Doriane Lambelet Coleman about her new book, ‘On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach.’

Jonathan Kay / Doriane Lambelet Coleman

12 Jun 2024 · 25 min read