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Quillette is where free thought lives. We are an online magazine that is politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values.
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Each week Quillette's Community Manager, Zoe Booth, sits down with a guest to discuss some of the best Quillette articles from the week + more. Common themes include gender issues, feminism, free speech, evolutionary psychology, philosophy, politics, science and more.
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A podcast in which we attempt to critically engage with ideas using good faith dialectic. We are on a pilgrimage in search of the truth, politics be damned, and would love it if you would join us!
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Podcast host 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.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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'Diary of a Cold Warrior' by Oscar Clarke
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'The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin' by Roya Hakakian
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Quillette podcast host 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.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Bridging Divides Between Democrats and Republicans
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Podcast host Iona Italia talks to John Wood, Jr. of Braver Angels about building a stronger democratic consensus in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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'Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of Trans Inclusion' by Joan Smith
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Should Imane Khelif be allowed to box against women?
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Manchester Developmental Biologist Emma Hilton about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won the gold medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, despite widely reported indications that Khelif may be biologically male. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph…
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How Gender Activists Took Over a Scottish Rape-Crisis Centre
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to writer Joan Smith about the scandals that unfolded at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre under the leadership of its male trans-identified CEO, Mridul Wadhwa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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'How We Form Our Political Beliefs' with Oliver Traldi
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Iona Italia talked to Oliver Traldi about his recent book, Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction. They discussed a number of philosophical questions with implications for everyone who is keenly interested in politics. What do we mean when we describe something as political? How do we form our political beliefs? Why do those views tend to …
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Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings.By Quillette
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Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values, writes Adam Wakeling.By Quillette
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'The German Left's Jewish Dilemma' by Gerfried Ambrosch
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Iona Italia reads 'The German Left's Jewish Dilemma' by Gerfried AmbroschBy Quillette
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'Language vs. Reality' with Nick Enfield
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Iona Italia interviews linguistic anthropologist Nick Enfield about why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Dr Mike Israetel: The Philosopher Bodybuilder
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Dr. Mike Israetel is a well-known figure in the fitness and bodybuilding community, recognized for his expertise in sports science, particularly in the areas of hypertrophy (muscle growth), strength training, and nutrition. He holds a PhD in Sport Physiology and has a background in competitive bodybuilding, powerlifting, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As…
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Jonathan Kay speaks to fellow podcast host Kushal Mehra about the ‘eerie similarities’ between censorship campaigns in India and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Iona Italia talks to the president of the Mars Society, Robert Zubrin, who explains the intellectual, economic, social, and ecological advantages of settling the Red Planet and how to overcome the challenges of doing so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time by Frank Celia
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The recycling industry—and the world at large—has yet to fully reckon with a bombshell study that dropped last year. Zoe Booth reads 'Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time' by Frank Celia. Published in Quillette on 17 Jun 2024.By Quillette
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'Parsi Bombay Then and Now' with Nev March
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Iona Italia talks to Nev March about her novel, Murder in Old Bombay, set in late 19th-century India and about the Zoroastrians of Bombay past and present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Rebalancing the Gender Narrative with Dr Warren Farrell
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Dr. Warren Farrell discusses his latest book, 'From Rolemate to Soulmate,' which draws on his decades of counseling couples. He highlights the importance of effectively handling criticism in relationships and the consequences of not feeling heard. Dr. Farrell also explores the different forms of violence in relationships and challenges the notion t…
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Justin Trudeau’s Ominous Online Harms Act: ‘Minority Report’ Comes to Canada
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Atlantic Magazine staff writer Conor Friedersdorf about an alarmingly censorious government bill that would allow officials to punish Canadians for things they haven’t done yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Supporting Trans People Without Denying the Facts of Biology
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Duke University law school professor (and former U.S. National Collegiate athletic champion) Doriane Lambelet Coleman about her new book, On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Timandra Harkness about her new book on technology, micro-targeting, personalisation and narcissism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Unbowed But Gravely Wounded by Paul Berman
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, ‘Knife,’ describes the assassination attempt its author survived and offers a moving contemplation of mortality. Iona Italia reads 'Unbowed, but Gravely Wounded' by Paul Berman. Published in Quillette on 30 May 2024.By Quillette
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The (Culture) War Diaries of Nellie Bowles
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Morning After the Revolution author Nellie Bowles about her tragicomic journalistic adventures amid progressive true believers and ideological enforcers—from the offices of The New York Times to the streets of Seattle and San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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'Recovery from Rape' with Larissa Phillips
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Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Larissa Phillips about the best ways to prevent rape and promote victims' recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained. Iona Italia reads 'How French Intellectuals Ruined the West' by Helen Pluckrose. First published in Areo Magazine. Republished in Quillette on 7 May 2024.By Quillette
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to self-described 'Transsexual Apostate’ Debbie Hayton about the link between male sexual self-attraction and transgender self-identification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette
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Drew Pavlou is an Australian student and activist. He made international news after he led protests at the University of Queensland in Australia, supporting Hong Kong and criticizing the university's ties to China. His actions led to a high-profile disciplinary case against him by the university, and a $3.5 million lawsuit which was recently settle…
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Benn Steil’s engrossing new biography of Henry A. Wallace is a timely cautionary tale and a masterpiece of 20th-century American history. Iona Italia reads Misadventures of a Stalinist Stooge by Ronald Radosh. Published in Quillette on 26 April 2024.By Quillette
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Jean-Luc Godard in Retrospect Part II: Fanaticism and Failure (1966–2022)
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The article delves into Jean-Luc Godard's transition from his early cinematic period, characterized by eclectic experimentation and cultural references, to his Maoist phase under the influence of Jean-Pierre Gorin. Gorin, a Marxist critic, introduced Godard to postmodernist and Marxist theories, leading to a shift in Godard's filmmaking style and t…
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Graham Linehan Was Right About Gender Ideology
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Graham Linehan has experienced cancel culture firsthand. After building a huge following for his work on the popular TV shows "Father Ted," "Black Books," and "The IT Crowd", Graham became concerned about unscientific gender ideology, including self-identification, males competing against females in women's sports leagues, and experimental gender m…
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The article titled "Toward Ruin or Recovery?" by Larissa Phillips explores the author's personal experience with rape in Italy in 1993 and reflects on the recent allegations made by Celeste Marcus against Yascha Mounk. Marcus, the managing editor of Liberties journal, detailed her recovery process following an alleged sexual assault by Mounk, a col…
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