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Quillette Podcast

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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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What is Quillette Podcast about?

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.

Who hosts Quillette Podcast?

Quillette Podcast is hosted by Quillette. The show has published 350 episodes to date.

What has Quillette Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021-26) Explained" (26 October 2026, 46 minutes), "Watching a Cancelled Novelist Confront His False Accusers" (16 October 2026, 38 minutes), and "Skeptic vs. ‘Doomer’: How Scared Should We Be of Rogue AI?" (1 October 2026, 51 minutes).

How often does Quillette Podcast publish?

Quillette Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 350 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Quillette Podcast?

Booking probability for Quillette Podcast is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Quillette Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Quillette Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

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Quillette hosts Quillette Podcast, a news podcast with 350 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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    Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021-26) Explained

    Oct 26, 202646 min

    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses the underlying societal factors that caused his country's journalists, politicians, and academics to uncritically accept false claims that the bodies of 215 Indigenous...

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    Watching a Cancelled Novelist Confront His False Accusers

    Oct 16, 202638 min

    Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Amy Hamm about Steven Galloway’s legal campaign against the University of British Columbia scholars who promoted baseless allegations that he was a rapist Learn more about your ad...

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    Skeptic vs. ‘Doomer’: How Scared Should We Be of Rogue AI?

    Oct 1, 202651 min

    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews AI expert Gary Marcus about the possibility that a rogue artificial intelligence will turn us all into paper clips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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    The Price of Affirmative Action in Canadian Academia

    Sep 15, 202636 min

    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Eric Kaufmann about his new Macdonald-Laurier Institute report, ⁠The Equity-Excellence Trade-Off: A Study of EDI in the Canada Research Chairs Program⁠. Learn more about...

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    Covering the Culture Wars

    Aug 29, 202639 min

    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Benjamin Ryan about his journalistic adventures reporting on AIDS, monkeypox, gender activism, and the Jason Arday saga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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    Politicising the Humanities: Sociology as Case Study

    Aug 4, 202638 min

    Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Hawaii professor Ashley Rubin, co-author of the recently published Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences. 00:00...

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    The ‘Sex Recession’ is Real

    Jul 26, 20261h 2m

    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Debra Soh, author of Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy, about neuroscience, hypergamy, elephant seals, politicised sex research, the perils of...

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    First Nations Chief, Podcast Pundit, Indigenous Gadfly

    Jul 7, 202651 min

    Jonathan Kay speaks with Aaron Pete, leader of the Chawathil First Nation in British Columbia, about his community’s socioeconomic challenges, intra-Indigenous politics, the legacy of residential schools, and...

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    The Great Canadian Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021-2026)

    Jun 22, 202656 min

    Mia Hughes and Stella O'Malley of the Beyond Gender podcast interview Quillette's Jonathan Kay about the progressive ideological manias spawned during the Justin Trudeau years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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    Why the Enlightenment Matters

    Jun 10, 202658 min

    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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    The Case Against State-Sanctioned Euthanasia

    Jun 1, 202635 minS0

    <p>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 death of their...

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    An Ivy League University Looks Inward

    May 21, 202646 minS0

    <p>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 country’s colleges and...

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    The Last Straight Woman

    May 8, 202645 minS0

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

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    Is Fighting Antisemitism a Waste of Time?

    May 2, 202632 minS0

    <p>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 progressive political...

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    Girls in an Online World

    Apr 23, 202650 minS0

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

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    Documenting a Decade of Academic Meltdowns

    Apr 20, 202635 minS0

    <p>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. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad...

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    The Search for Truth

    Apr 9, 202650 minS0

    <p>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. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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    The Historical Case for Israel

    Apr 5, 202634 minS0

    <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>

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    The Ayatollahs' Assassins

    Mar 27, 202645 minS0

    <p>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. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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    When Everyone Knows Every Knows...

    Mar 20, 202645 minS0

    <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices...

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