Topping History from Below feat. Dr Eleanor Janega
A broad swath of modern reactionary and xenopobic sentiment tries to employ fake medieval history to create a fantasy version of Europe. Whether it’s Middle Earth or some bullshit about Agincourt, the...
12 Aug 20191h 1min
History 2.0 feat. Annie Kelly
Why call it history when you can call it ‘progress studies’? This week, Riley (@raaleh), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice @AliceAvizandum join writer and PhD student Annie Kelly to discuss Steven Pi...
5 Aug 20191h 9min
*PREVIEW* A Fulfilment Driven Life feat. Juliet Jacques
You wanted to hear more Quillette close-reads, so here it is. We discuss the most bootlicking of all pro-Amazon pieces to ever appear, plus a bizarre 2006 op-ed about shoes from Rafael Behr. Our speci...
2 Aug 201910min
FCK GVT FCK BORIS feat. Eleanor Penny
We’ve all written something that was maybe a little over the top, though mercifully none of us has written for Quilette. This week, Riley (@raaleh), Olga (@rocknrolga ), Hussein (@HKesvani), and Alice...
29 Juli 20191h 13min
*PREVIEW* Horseplay feat. Nathan Ma
Did you know that Riley's hometown newspaper is run by horse people? Did you know that there's a Code Pink-style group that stalks people who work at the Seattle Zoo's elephant enclosure? Did you know...
25 Juli 20192min
Pinker 2: The Pinker-files
Okay, some housekeeping: this might be the episode where you can hear our brains breaking. Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice @AliceAvizandum discuss Elon Musk’...
22 Juli 20191h 2min
*PREVIEW* Trashfuture Presents: Balthasar Speedboat 5
Riley's cousin lives in London and got the absolute worst tinder-date breakup message. It was so bad, so painfully long-form and weird, that we had to convene a session of Balthasar Speedboat to discu...
18 Juli 201910min
Water Wars in Shagaluf
Our beautiful son Riley is still in New York, a city famous for being ‘alright’ if you ‘like’ ‘saxophones.’ In the interim, Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice...
15 Juli 20191h 16min
