Episodes

  • Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI

    Lessons from the Luddites on Adapting to AI
    May 9 2025
    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Washington Post columnist and TED Talker Megan McArdle about the short-term pain—and long-term gain—heralded by the AI revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Free Speech in Australia

    Free Speech in Australia
    May 2 2025
    Iona Italia talks to Alan Davidson about censorship, self-censorship, the Online Safety Act and other threats to free speech in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • Canada’s Strange Election Season

    Canada’s Strange Election Season
    Apr 26 2025
    In advance of Monday’s nation-wide vote, Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses Justin Trudeau’s resignation, Pierre Poilievre’s bad luck, the rise of Mark Carney, and the effects of Donald Trump’s aggressive protectionism on Canadian politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’

    Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
    Apr 19 2025
    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and TED Talker Lenore Skenazy, whose campaign to give children more opportunities for independent play and learning once earned her the title of ‘America’s Worst Mother.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • The Trouble with Tariffs

    The Trouble with Tariffs
    Apr 12 2025
    Iona Italia talks to John H. Cochrane aka "The Grumpy Economist" about the motivations, effects and implications of Donald Trump's economic policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?

    How Accurate Is 'Adolescence'?
    Apr 5 2025
    Iona Italia talks to William Costello, an evolutionary psychologist whose work focuses on incels, about what the Netflix series 'Adolescence' gets right and wrong about this group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’

    The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
    Mar 28 2025
    Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and satirist Andrew Doyle about the worrying rise of illiberal ideologies and cultish political tendencies among conservatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • Anti-Zionism, Past and Present

    Anti-Zionism, Past and Present
    Mar 20 2025
    Quillette’s Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to scholar Izabella Tabarovsky about the Soviet roots of contemporary anti-Zionism and antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins