Episodes 342
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.4 (779)
Since Nov 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
63%
Hosting
feeds.megaphone.fm

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About This Podcast

Long-form conversations with scientists, writers, historians, and public intellectuals on the ideas shaping — and dividing — the Western world. Mostly hosted by Jonathan Kay — Canadian journalist, author, and Quillette editor whose books include Among the Truthers, a landmark investigation into conspiracy culture. Kay brings a rare combination of intellectual range, genuine curiosity, and willingness to push back, whether the subject is evolutionary biology, cancel culture, geopolitics, or the philosophy of free speech. Non-dogmatic, evidence-driven, and unafraid of controversy.

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Recent Episodes

Why the Enlightenment Matters

Jun 10, 2026 45m

Iona Italia talks to lawyer and historian Adam Wakeling about the enduring importance of Enlightenment values and how to defend them today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

The Case Against State-Sanctioned Euthanasia

Jun 01, 2026 34m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Kathleen Stock about her new book, Do Not Go Gentle—in which she argues that governments should be denied any institutional role in facilitating the…

An Ivy League University Looks Inward

May 21, 2026 46m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale Law School professor Sarath Sanga, co-author of a surprisingly candid new ⁠report⁠ explaining why the American public is losing trust in the…

The Last Straight Woman

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Senior Writer and Podcast Producer Iona Italia talks to writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy about her latest book: 'The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Is Fighting Antisemitism a Waste of Time?

May 02, 2026 32m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, who encourages Jews to focus on bolstering their community instead of lecturing right-wing bigots and…

Girls in an Online World

Apr 23, 2026 49m

Iona Italia talks to writer Freya India about her book 'Girls: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns

Apr 20, 2026 35m

Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock about her new CBC/BBC documentary, Speechless—which explores the rise of censorship and mobbings on campus.  Learn more about your…

The Search for Truth

Apr 09, 2026 50m

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to author Michael Shermer about his new book, Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

The Historical Case for Israel

Apr 05, 2026 33m

In a new book, U.S. District Court Judge Roy Altman traces Jews’ indigenous presence in the holy land over the last 3,231 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ayatollahs' Assassins

Mar 27, 2026 45m

Iona Italia talks to Roya Hakakian about her book ‘Assassins of the Turquoise Palace’ and the past and present crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

When Everyone Knows Every Knows...

Mar 20, 2026 45m

Iona Italia talks to cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker about his new book on Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life. Learn more about your ad choices.…

Has the Gay Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for the Gay Community’s Own Good?

Mar 17, 2026 35m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with University College London law professor Ronan McCrea about his new book, The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay…

The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo

Mar 12, 2026 37m

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to historian Clare Mulley about her biography of Polish war heroine Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Agent Zo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?

Mar 06, 2026 34m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new…

Catching a Serial Killer

Feb 26, 2026 36m

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Maureen Callaghan about her book American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters

Feb 22, 2026 48m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with journalist Adam Zivo about the 10 February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—a mass murder perpetrated by a trans-identified male…

Guests of the Nation

Feb 11, 2026 47m

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to writer Lionel Shriver about her new novel, A Better Life, which tackles the theme of immigration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia’s Radical Political Landscape

Feb 09, 2026 52m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with B.C. politician Dallas Brodie about why her province continues to promote dubious social-justice policies and myths—including the false claim that 215…

The Demise of Private Life

Jan 29, 2026 53m

Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Tiffany Jenkins about her fascinating and provocative new history, 'Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life.' Learn more about your ad choices.…

Understanding Journalistic Groupthink

Jan 17, 2026 34m

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Graham Majin about the recent scandal at the BBC, and the need for reporters to prevent the ‘poison of narrative’ from corrupting their craft Learn more…

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