PODCAST 90: John Lloyd on the Geopolitical Fall-Out From the Coronavirus Crisis
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PODCAST 89: Jennifer Abbasi on the Emerging Science of COVID-19 Antibody Testing
Listen onSpotify Jennifer Abbasi, associate managing editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), talks to Jonathan Kay about new COVID-19 antibody tests that may help stop the pandemic and save the lives of the already infected.
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PODCAST 88: Jonathan Kay on Covid Superspreaders
Listen onSpotify Jonathan Kay, Canadian editor of Quillette, talks to associate editor Toby Young about his recent article on COVID-19 superspreaders.
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PODCAST 87: Sex Worker and Lawyer Nadia Guo on the Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on the Sex trade
Listen onSpotify Nadia Guo, a sex worker and lawyer, talks to Jonathan Kay about the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the sex trade—although it’s been great for the webcam business.
Quillette
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PODCAST 86: Dr Michael Shermer on His New Book Giving the Devil His Due
Listen onSpotify Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks.
Quillette, Michael Shermer, Toby Young
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PODCAST 85: Dr Jemma Geoghegan on How Viruses Evolve and the Lessons We Can Learn About Social Distancing From Fish, Dogs and Rabbits
Listen onSpotify Dr Jemma Geoghegan, a virologist at the University of Otago, talks to Jonathan Kay about how viruses evolve and the lessons we can learn about social distancing from fish, dogs and rabbits. She is the co-author of several papers in evolutionary virology, including ‘Hidden diversity and evolution
Quillette
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PODCAST 84: Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, on Treating COVID-19
Listen onSpotify Talat Chughtai, Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Hamad General Hospital, talks to Jonathan Kay about COVID-19, the strain it’s putting on health-care systems, and what we’ve learned from China about how best to treat it.
Quillette
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PODCAST 83: Professor Wilfred Reilly on his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About
Listen onSpotify Kentucky State political science professor Wilfred Reilly talks to Toby Young about his new book Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About. Professor Reilly’s last piece for Quillette was about the 1776 project.
Quillette, Wilfred Reilly, Toby Young
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PODCAST 82: Matt Ridley talks about the Coronavirus Pandemic and His New Book How Innovation Works
Listen onSpotify Science writer Matt Ridley talks to Toby Young about coronavirus, the prospects of finding a vaccine within the next 18 months, and his new book How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy, and the Saving of Time. He recently wrote for Quillette about GM crops.
Quillette, Matt Ridley, Toby Young
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PODCAST 81: Andy Lamey Discusses the Libertarian Case for Vegetarianism
Listen onSpotify Andy Lamey, author of Duty and the Beast, puts forward a new philosophical case for animal rights. He wrote ‘The Libertarian Case for Rejecting Meat Consumption‘ for Quillette in January.
Quillette
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PODCAST 80: Bo Winegard on Losing his Job as an Assistant Professor
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Quillette
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PODCAST 78: Award-winning journalist Christie Blatchford (1951-2020) on the importance of due process
Listen onSpotify The late Canadian journalist Christie Blatchford gave a speech last year about the importance of due process and the dangers of the #MeToo moral panic. These are the edited highlights. Blatchford also wrote an essay in Quillette last year based on the same speech.
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PODCAST 77: Political theorist Yoram Hazony on national conservatism and why it causes controversy
Listen onSpotify Israeli political theorist Yoram Hazony talks to Toby Young about the national conservatism conference in Rome, where the speakers included Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, and Marion Marachél, and why British Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski should not have been reprimanded by his party for attending. Yoram recently wrote a
Quillette, Yoram Hazony
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PODCAST 76: Venture capitalist Michael Solana on the coming corporatization of Mars
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Quillette
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PODCAST 75: Charles Murray talks about his new book Human Diversity
Listen onSpotify Charles Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve, talks to Toby Young about his new book Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class.
Quillette, Charles Murray
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