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779 reviews

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The Quillette Podcast is a platform for rigorous, academic discussions rooted in common sense and free inquiry. Non-dogmatic and grounded in liberal values, the podcast serves as a beacon for thoughtful conversation on science, politics, philosophy, and culture. Quillette prides itself on intellectual honesty, avoiding ideological extremism in favor of evidence-based reasoning and progress. Hosted by leading voices in academia and journalism, past guests include evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and journalist Douglas Murray, among others. Expect candid conversations that promote common sense and challenge anti-science and conspiratorial narratives from both the far left and right.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Quillette Podcast podcast

Girls in an Online World

2026/04/23

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

2026/04/20

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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Search for Truth

2026/04/09

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Historical Case for Israel

2026/04/05

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

2026/03/27

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Everyone Knows Every Knows...

2026/03/20

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

2026/03/17

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

The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo

2026/03/12

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?

2026/03/06

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

Catching a Serial Killer

2026/02/26

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why We Need to Talk About Transgender School Shooters

2026/02/22

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

Guests of the Nation

2026/02/11

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

2026/02/09

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 dead Indigenous children were discovered four years ago in ‘unmarked graves.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Demise of Private Life

2026/01/29

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding Journalistic Groupthink

2026/01/17

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read Quillette Podcast podcast reviews

4.4 out of 5

779 reviews

nucuplmnjuyh 2024/12/14

Julia episode

I will post something later on misogyny, but for now, Jonathan please stop saying “and what not” — it doesn’t belong in a scholarly conversation. I’m ...

Annannnxxxx 2025/10/04

Iona italia

Used to listen but stopped due to Iona Italian’s insipid delivery. From the other reviews, I see that I’m not the only one.

Jcop10 2025/01/20

Good content, but you must pay

I’ve always enjoyed Quillette, but they’ve recently erected quite a paywall, to the point where the free content isn’t enough to bother with; it amoun...

OperaTrumpeter 2024/10/05

Love Jon Kay

This would be 5 stars if it weren’t for the addition of Iona Italia as a host. I haven’t made it through a single one of her episodes. She needs serio...

regressive1 2024/12/08

nice podcast but

I have to agree that Iona doesn’t haver what it takes… I’ve been skipping her shows.

MRCRD22 2024/11/30

11/30/24 Episode Sound Cuts Off

At about 18 minutes into the 11/30/24 episode regarding the Canadian teachers college, the sound abruptly stops. Couldn’t finish the episode.

Nas12900 2024/09/26

Getting worse

The new host is unfortunately not nice to listen to, and she hosts about 50% of the episodes now. I can’t get through her episodes — just skip them.

DareBoBear 2024/09/04

Downhill trajectory

Quillette was great at first. Coleman Hughes came from there.. so much good ("heterodox") writing came out of the early years of Quillette. Then came ...

Razzy5000 2024/09/26

It might be free but it ain’t thought

Since when does “free thought” mean reactionary diatribes about subjects you know nothing about?

Tre Craft 2024/08/02

Would be 5 Stars

I genuinely love this podcast, but the host make a huge difference. Claire and Johnathan are engaging hosts, but unfortunately Iona is hard to listen ...

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