Best Quillette Podcasts (2026)

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How to Think Like a Human 1:02:48

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to psychologist David Weitzner about the differences between human cognition and artificial intelligence.By Quillette

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Bondi Attack Exposes Australia's Multicultural Blind Spot 12:39

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The Bondi terrorist attack reveals how Australia's reluctance to discuss Islamic antisemitism and ideological motivations undermines cohesion. By Alan Davison.By Quillette

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Exposing the Qatar Lobby: Chama Mechtaly on Islamism, Censorship, and the West 1:13:20

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Chama Mechtaly is a Moroccan-American artist, activist, and policy advisor whose work sits at the intersection of cultural preservation, deradicalisation, and Middle Eastern diplomacy. Born in Casablanca in 1992 to a Muslim mother and a Jewish father of Amazigh heritage, she draws on her complex identity to promote dialogue and coexistence between …

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How to Think Like a Human 15:01

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to psychologist David Weitzner about the differences between human cognition and artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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Christmas in Byzantium 31:08

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Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with History of Byzantium podcast host Robin Pierson about the Christian traditions and imperial culture that took root in the eastern half of the Roman Empire . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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Christmas in Byzantium 43:42

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Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with History of Byzantium podcast host Robin Pierson about the Christian traditions and imperial culture that took root in the eastern half of the Roman Empire .By Quillette

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The Infinite Reopening of History 11:30

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Removal, expulsion, ethnic cleansing, erasure, even genocide. These are the fruits of the idea that the world can be made right again by undoing history.By Quillette

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Game, Set, Match 19:51

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Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays.By Quillette

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To Winter, With Love 11:28

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The cold allows me to feel alive.By Quillette

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The Hatred We Must Name 7:07

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We have ignored, enabled, downplayed, and pandered to vicious antisemitism for too long. The victims of the Bondi massacre paid the price. By Iona Italia.By Quillette

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Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadian by Choice 31:11

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⁠Prisoner #1056⁠ author Roy Ratnavel discusses his journey from a prison cell in war-torn Sri Lanka to the heights of Canada’s financial industry—and the (sometimes politically incorrect) lessons about race, immigration, and multiculturalism he’s learned along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Sri Lankan by Birth, Tamil by Heritage, Canadian by Choice 39:52

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Prisoner #1056 author Roy Ratnavel discusses his journey from a prison cell in war-torn Sri Lanka to the heights of Canada’s financial industry—and the (sometimes politically incorrect) lessons about race, immigration, and multiculturalism he’s learned along the way.By Quillette

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The Genius of Jane Austen 1:21:32

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Jane Austen scholar John Mullan to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth.By Quillette

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The Genius of Jane Austen 1:22:17

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Jane Austen scholar John Mullan to commemorate the 250th anniversary of her birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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Bondi Was Not a Surprise 8:50

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The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable. By Jack PinczewskiBy Quillette

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How Audience Capture Fuels Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and Anti-Israel Hysteria | Corey Walker 1:18:06

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From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how anti-Semitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture. Zoe Booth speaks with Corey Walker, a Washington, D.C.-based reporter focusing on the Middle East and global terror groups, about audience capture, the anti-Western project of the modern Left, and why I…

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The New Information Wars 12:19

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Generative AI, disinformation, and the dangerous temptation of benevolent censorship.By Quillette

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Marriage and Divorce in America 15:23

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger about trends in marriage, divorce, and maternity in the US from the 1950s to the present day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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Marriage and Divorce in America 57:31

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger about trends in marriage, divorce, and maternity in the US from the 1950s to the present day.By Quillette

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What Is Autogynephilia? An Interview with Dr Ray Blanchard 17:48

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Modern trans activists reframed transsexualism/transgenderism as a political problem rather than a clinical problem.By Quillette

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A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer Radicalism, and ‘Scrupulosity’ 1:08:05

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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with writer Ben Appel about his new memoir, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender HereticBy Quillette

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A Gay Author’s Escape from Cults, Drugs, Queer Radicalism, and ‘Scrupulosity’ 46:20

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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with writer Ben Appel about his new memoir, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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How Foreign Funding Is Shaping Australia’s Energy Debate: Gerard Holland 58:46

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Zoe Booth speaks with Gerard Holland, CEO of the Page Research Centre and a founding member of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Together they explore how foreign funding is shaping Australia’s energy policy, what’s driving the rising cost of living, and why ideological commitments to renewables may be undermining the country’s economic and…

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Iran's Two Ticking Clocks 13:15

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While the nuclear breakout clock ticks, time may also be expiring on the Ayatollah regime’s grip on the region. The two countdowns are interconnected.By Quillette

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Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening 52:39

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In an interview with Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown discusses how an anti-Israel faction within his own subscriber base tried to cancel him after he began speaking out about the rise of antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Jesse Brown’s Rude Awakening 1:04:14

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In an interview with Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay, Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown discusses how an anti-Israel faction within his own subscriber base tried to cancel him after he began speaking out about the rise of antisemitism.By Quillette

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Ancient Indian Tradition—Or Twentieth-Century European Export? 33:53

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Evidence suggests that today’s common yoga practices were inspired by a popular 1924 Danish gymnastics manual.By Quillette

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The Melbourne Crimewave 17:42

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Criminal-justice reformers like to say that it is better to be ‘smart on crime’ than ‘tough on crime.’ But sometimes being tough is the smart choice. By ⁠Andrew Bushnell⁠By Quillette

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Easy Rider: 50 Years Looking for America—A Review 20:07

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Easy Rider is an important movie—much more important than a simple measure of its quality would suggest—which is probably why the American Film Institute, among others, continues to rate it so highly.By Quillette

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Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years 37:19

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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biblical scholar Paula Fredriksen, whose new book describes the theological diversity that existed among Christian communities before Nicene Christianity was adopted as Rome’s state religion in the fourth century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ancient Christianities: The First 500 Years 47:38

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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biblical scholar Paula Fredriksen, whose new book describes the theological diversity that existed among Christian communities before Nicene Christianity was adopted as Rome’s state religion in the fourth century.By Quillette

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Finding Humor in Dark Places 53:21

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Quillette podcast host speaks with ⁠Healing Roar⁠ founder and comedian Matthew Pettit, who candidly tells audiences about the severe childhood abuse that once propelled him into a life of sexual confusion, meth addiction, crime, and incarceration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Finding Humor in Dark Places 51:42

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Quillette podcast host speaks with ⁠Healing Roar⁠ founder and comedian Matthew Pettit, who candidly tells audiences about the severe childhood abuse that once propelled him into a life of sexual confusion, meth addiction, crime, and incarceration.By Quillette

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The Murder of Iryna Zarutska 13:03

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⁠Jukka Savolainen⁠ 's article "The Murder of Iryna Zarutska — Why did this particular crime cut through the daily background noise of American violence?" on Quillette explores the reasons behind the heightened attention the murder of Iryna Zarutska received in conservative circles and the muted response from mainstream media. Iryna Zarutska, a youn…

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Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time 14:43

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The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.By Quillette

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A Crisis of Tolerance 14:20

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Harry Saul Markham about the increasingly acute threat of Islamism in the UK and the normalisation of virulent antisemitism among British Muslims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette

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A Crisis of Tolerance 46:07

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Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Harry Saul Markham about the increasingly acute threat of Islamism in the UK and the normalisation of virulent antisemitism among British Muslims.By Quillette

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We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers 20:20

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The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing. By Forest Romm, Kevin WaldmanBy Quillette

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Is There a Politically Motivated ‘War on Science’? (And If So, Who’s Waging It?) 33:47

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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss about ⁠his latest book projec⁠t, in which renowned scholars speak out about threats to open inquiry and the scientific process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Quillette