Nov 2019

My Misspent Years of Conspiracism by Jamie Palmer

Greg Ellis reads My Misspent Years of Conspiracism, Jamie Palmer's essay about his obsession with the JFK assassination.

52m 39s

Nov 2019

Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life by Andrew Yang

Greg Ellis reads Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life, Presidential candidate Andrew Yang's essay on why so many men prefer gaming to real life.

15m 43s

Nov 2019

Feast and Drink For Our Community's Health by Claire Lehmann

Greg Ellis reads Feast and Drink For Our Community’s Health, Claire Lehmann's essay about the meaning of Christmas. It was published in Quillette on 25th December 2018.

9m 23s

Aug 2021

Comedian Jessica Pigeau on 'Safe Space' Performers, Progressive Mobbing, and Anxiety Overload in the World of Stand-Up

Host Jonathan Kay interviews Vancouver-based queer comedian Jessica Pigeau about her recent Quillette essay describing the clash between good comedy and strident social-justice activism

1 h

Dec 2020

Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria

Jonathan Kay speaks to Wall Street Journal contributor Abigail Shrier about the epidemic of teenage girls seeking gender reassignment, the backlash against her book—and the backlash against the backlash

21m 27s

Nov 2020

Shelby Steele, Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, on 'What Killed Michael Brown?'

Author Shelby Steele speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about white guilt, the ‘poetic truth’ of Ferguson, the dead end of racial grievances, and the creative process of working with his son Eli

31m 14s

Jan 2022

New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat on His Hellish Experience with Lyme Disease

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat about how his new book—which explores both his own fight against chronic Lyme disease, and the controversy surrounding the condition within the medical community

49 m

Dec 2019

Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about Oikophobia-the knee-jerk dislike of your own culture

Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Jonathan Kay about why so many intellectuals and young people loathe the culture of the West.

25m 22s

Apr 2020

Quillette editors Jonathan Kay and Toby Young talk about Jonathan's article about coronavirus superspreaders

Jonathan Kay, Canadian editor of Quillette, talks to associate editor Toby Young about his recent article on COVID-19 superspreaders.

24m 36s

Sep 2021

'Grievance Studies' Hoaxster Peter Boghossian on Quitting Portland State, and His Mission to Bring Intellectual Pluralism Back to Universtiy Education

Philosopher Peter Boghossian tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why he no longer felt he could provide his students with a proper education in the current ideological climate.

30m 48s

Oct 2021

Will Storr on Our Insatiable Appetite for Status

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author Will Storr about his new book detailing the profound role of status-seeking in shaping human societies

26m 20s

Nov 2020

Washington-Based Journalist Brad Polumbo on LGBT Politics in the Pre- and Post-Trump Eras

Brad Polumbo speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about life as a gay conservative journalist in Washington, D.C., the politics of outing Republican lawmakers, the complex political tensions between LGB and T, and the new journalistic climate that he expects will emerge under Joe B ... Show More

32m 53s

Jan 2022

Christopher J. Ferguson on Racist Orcs, Ableist Adventures, and Non-Binary Monsters: Can 'Dungeons & Dragons' Survive Wokeness?

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychology professor Christopher J. Ferguson about his newly published academic paper, "Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons and Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and the Depiction of 'Evil' Monsters"

45m 2s

Immigration Policy and the Rise of Anti-...