Quillette Podcast

Quillette

  • 35 minutes 25 seconds
    Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns

    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. 

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    20 April 2026, 4:45 am
  • 50 minutes 17 seconds
    The Search for Truth

    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.

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    9 April 2026, 11:07 pm
  • 33 minutes 49 seconds
    The Historical Case for Israel

    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.

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    5 April 2026, 9:14 pm
  • 45 minutes 18 seconds
    The Ayatollahs' Assassins

    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.

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    27 March 2026, 11:08 pm
  • 45 minutes 7 seconds
    When Everyone Knows Every Knows...

    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.

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    20 March 2026, 3:06 am
  • 35 minutes 4 seconds
    Has the Gay Rights Revolution Gone Too Far for the Gay Community’s Own Good?

    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 Freedom.

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    17 March 2026, 1:57 am
  • 37 minutes 21 seconds
    The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo

    Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to historian Clare Mulley about her biography of Polish war heroine Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Agent Zo.

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    12 March 2026, 1:36 am
  • 34 minutes 55 seconds
    Will Post-Islamist Iran Get a Royal Restoration?

    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 Prince of Persia.

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    6 March 2026, 9:31 pm
  • 36 minutes 44 seconds
    Catching a Serial Killer

    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.

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    26 February 2026, 11:42 pm
  • 48 minutes 41 seconds
    Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters

    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 gunman who was initially identified by police and journalists as a woman.

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    22 February 2026, 6:05 am
  • 47 minutes 47 seconds
    Guests of the Nation

    Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to writer Lionel Shriver about her new novel, A Better Life, which tackles the theme of immigration.

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    11 February 2026, 10:24 pm
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