‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’

‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale English professor-turned-essayist William Deresiewicz, who argues that Americans—many Democrats included—are fed up with campus-style progressive radicalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Chris Best on Substack's Commitment to Free Speech

Chris Best on Substack's Commitment to Free Speech

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Substack's founder and CEO about empowering writers through free expression (and his company's new, foosball-table-free San Francisco offices) Learn more a...

27 Feb 202230min

Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' Protesters, in Their Own Words

Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' Protesters, in Their Own Words

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with David Paisley and Jay VanderWier, two of the many ordinary working-class Canadians who’ve assembled in Ottawa to protest restrictive government COVID po...

15 Feb 202241min

Christopher J. Ferguson on Racist Orcs, Ableist Adventures, and Non-Binary Monsters: Can 'Dungeons & Dragons' Survive Wokeness?

Christopher J. Ferguson on Racist Orcs, Ableist Adventures, and Non-Binary Monsters: Can 'Dungeons & Dragons' Survive Wokeness?

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychology professor Christopher J. Ferguson about his newly published academic paper, "Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons and Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and ...

31 Jan 202245min

Michael Shermer: Watching 'Scientific American' Go Woke

Michael Shermer: Watching 'Scientific American' Go Woke

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to book author and Skeptic editor Michael Shermer about why scientific media, professional organizations, and academic departments are increasingly succumbing...

17 Jan 202250min

New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat on His Hellish Experience with Lyme Disease

New York Times Columnist Ross Douthat on His Hellish Experience with Lyme Disease

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat about how his new book—which explores both his own fight against chronic Lyme disease, and the controversy...

4 Jan 202249min

Jonathan Kay on Middle Age, Watch Collecting, Sports Cars, Board Games, and Disc Golf

Jonathan Kay on Middle Age, Watch Collecting, Sports Cars, Board Games, and Disc Golf

Quillette's Jonathan Kay ends 2021 by speaking to Bob Tarantino about the things he does when he isn't hosting the Quillette podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Des 202130min

Paul Lockhart on How Guns Transformed Western Civilization

Paul Lockhart on How Guns Transformed Western Civilization

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Wright State University professor Paul Lockhart about the enormous military and political upheavals set in motion by the adoption of gunpowder-based wea...

20 Des 202133min

Trent Colbert Turns the Tables on Yale Law School's Kafkaesque Diversity Department

Trent Colbert Turns the Tables on Yale Law School's Kafkaesque Diversity Department

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks with second-year law student Trent Colbert, who recorded YLS Diversity Director Yaseen Eldik and Associate Dean Ellen Cosgrove as they tried to strongarm him ...

10 Des 202130min

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