Quillette Narrated- Subscriber Content https://quillette.com/ en Quillette Pty Ltd The Quillette Narrated podcast is a series featuring audio versions of select essays from the Quillette platform, which covers topics like science, culture, politics, and society. Each episode presents professionally narrated versions of these essays, allowing listeners to engage with the publication’s thought-provoking content on the go.  Topics span a wide range, such as recent controversies in gender activism, societal divides, and philosophical discussions. Recent episodes have tackled issues like the rise of gender politics in sports, censorship laws, and societal changes in democracy. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/60277fe0-6f35-11ef-a45a-e38ad3b6b224/image/8da91967e49ff193c2ef38da9b3c7e60.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Quillette Narrated- Subscriber Content https://quillette.com/ episodic Narrated versions of selected Quillette essays. Quillette The Quillette Narrated podcast is a series featuring audio versions of select essays from the Quillette platform, which covers topics like science, culture, politics, and society. Each episode presents professionally narrated versions of these essays, allowing listeners to engage with the publication’s thought-provoking content on the go.  Topics span a wide range, such as recent controversies in gender activism, societal divides, and philosophical discussions. Recent episodes have tackled issues like the rise of gender politics in sports, censorship laws, and societal changes in democracy. The Quillette Narrated podcast is a series featuring audio versions of select essays from the Quillette platform, which covers topics like science, culture, politics, and society. Each episode presents professionally narrated versions of these essays, allowing listeners to engage with the publication’s thought-provoking content on the go. 


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]]> Quillette members@quillette.com The Menace of a Respectable Hatred What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence? By Y⁠uki Zeman⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:42:00 -0000 full Quillette https://quillette.com/2026/07/06/the-menace-of-respectable-hatred-antisemitism-sartre-emile-zola/ What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence? By Y⁠uki Zeman⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence?

By Y⁠uki Zeman⁠

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]]> 1787 Never Neverland: What the Michael Jackson Biopic Leaves Out https://quillette.com/2026/05/25/never-neverland-michael-jackson-child-molestation-allegations/ As Michael Jackson's new biopic crosses $790 million at the box office, the allegations against him remain largely unaddressed by mainstream culture. In this long read for Quillette, Andrew Hammel examines the evidence methodically — the police searches at Neverland, the corroborated physical descriptions, the pattern of relationships with boys from vulnerable homes, and the accounts of Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson was acquitted at trial in 2005, and Hammel weighs that fact alongside the rest of the record. The result is one of the most thorough and dispassionate examinations of the case to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:27:00 -0000 Never Neverland full Quillette As Michael Jackson's new biopic crosses $790 million at the box office, the allegations against him remain largely unaddressed by mainstream culture. In this long read for Quillette, Andrew Hammel examines the evidence methodically — the police searches at Neverland, the corroborated physical descriptions, the pattern of relationships with boys from vulnerable homes, and the accounts of Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson was acquitted at trial in 2005, and Hammel weighs that fact alongside the rest of the record. The result is one of the most thorough and dispassionate examinations of the case to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As Michael Jackson's new biopic crosses $790 million at the box office, the allegations against him remain largely unaddressed by mainstream culture. In this long read for Quillette, Andrew Hammel examines the evidence methodically — the police searches at Neverland, the corroborated physical descriptions, the pattern of relationships with boys from vulnerable homes, and the accounts of Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson was acquitted at trial in 2005, and Hammel weighs that fact alongside the rest of the record. The result is one of the most thorough and dispassionate examinations of the case to date.

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]]> 3584 The Enhanced Games: How to Take Drugs and Still Lose to High Schoolers The Enhanced Games handed athletes a boatload of drugs. They still ran slower than high school boys, missed every world record, and proved that steroids can't replace talent plus daily boring work. Written by Steve Magness, a performance coach and the author of Do Hard Things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 May 2026 03:15:00 -0000 full Quillette The Enhanced Games handed athletes a boatload of drugs. They still ran slower than high school boys, missed every world record, and proved that steroids can't replace talent plus daily boring work. Written by Steve Magness, a performance coach and the author of Do Hard Things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Enhanced Games handed athletes a boatload of drugs. They still ran slower than high school boys, missed every world record, and proved that steroids can't replace talent plus daily boring work.


Written by Steve Magness, a performance coach and the author of Do Hard Things.

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]]> 477 Intifadas Bring Neither Justice Nor Peace https://quillette.com/2026/05/13/intifadas-bring-neither-justice-nor-peace-uk-golders-green-antisemitism/ Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence. By John Aziz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 May 2026 23:24:00 -0000 full Quillette Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence. By John Aziz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.

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]]> 820 Strange Bedfellows https://quillette.com/2026/04/03/strange-bedfellows-left-greens-islamists-london/ The hard Left has once again allied itself with Islamists in the belief that they will help achieve its goals, hence repeating the mistake the communists made in 1979, in revolutionary Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:04:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. The hard Left has once again allied itself with Islamists in the belief that they will help achieve its goals, hence repeating the mistake the communists made in 1979, in revolutionary Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The hard Left has once again allied itself with Islamists in the belief that they will help achieve its goals, hence repeating the mistake the communists made in 1979, in revolutionary Iran.

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]]> 774 Once Upon a Time...Film Critics Became Joyless—A Review https://quillette.com/2019/08/17/once-upon-a-time-film-critics-became-joyless-a-review/ Tarantino is quintessentially American. He lets us linger and watch Tate in all her Technicolor radiance. He lets us love her. What’s more, he lets her watch and love herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:55:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Charlotte Allen. Read by William Laing. Tarantino is quintessentially American. He lets us linger and watch Tate in all her Technicolor radiance. He lets us love her. What’s more, he lets her watch and love herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tarantino is quintessentially American. He lets us linger and watch Tate in all her Technicolor radiance. He lets us love her. What’s more, he lets her watch and love herself.

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]]> 831 The Many Faces of Tucker Carlson https://quillette.com/2026/03/17/the-many-faces-of-tucker-carlson-hated-by-all-the-right-people-jason-zengerle-review/ A review of Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson, tracing his fall from gifted journalist to antisemitic demagogue. By Graham Daseler. 00:00 — Carlson’s childhood debate (playing Carter vs Reagan) 01:16 — Introduction to Zengerle’s book Hated by All the Right People 01:52 — Lesson: attacking opponents vs defending ideas 02:15 — Early career as a strong, independent conservative writer 03:23 — Exposé of Grover Norquist 03:43 — Transition to television and rise as a pundit 04:05 — Joining CNN’s Crossfire 05:10 — Realisation: television > print for influence 05:31 — Washington elite social life and prominence 06:17 — Jon Stewart confrontation and fallout 07:33 — Career decline: PBS → MSNBC → failures 08:41 — Founding The Daily Caller 09:23 — Shift toward click-driven, sensational content 10:05 — “There is no line” — collapse of editorial standards 10:29 — Competition with Breitbart and hiring extremists 11:10 — Obsession with TV exposure 12:06 — Return to prominence with Fox News (2016) 12:49 — Embrace of Trump-era populism 13:06 — Private disdain vs public support for Trump 13:28 — Ratings peak and influence inside the White House 14:27 — Shift in ideology and embrace of conspiracies 15:08 — Patriot Purge and January 6 claims 15:36 — Dominion lawsuit and internal contradictions 16:06 — Exit from Fox News (2023) 16:28 — Move to Twitter/X and podcast dominance 17:00 — Increasing focus on antisemitic themes 17:46 — Controversial guests (e.g. Churchill revisionism) 18:00 — Interview with Nick Fuentes 18:16 — Selective questioning and double standards 19:00 — Personal continuity vs ideological transformation 19:22 — Reinvention as anti-elite populist 19:54 — Turn toward fringe conspiracy content 20:14 — Carlson as symbol of media degradation 20:37 — Comparison to historical demagogues 21:27 — Parallel with Joseph Sobran’s trajectory 21:47 — Ongoing political influence despite setbacks 22:00 — Conclusion: enduring opportunism and audience-first approach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:49:00 -0000 full Quillette A review of Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson, tracing his fall from gifted journalist to antisemitic demagogue. By Graham Daseler. 00:00 — Carlson’s childhood debate (playing Carter vs Reagan) 01:16 — Introduction to Zengerle’s book Hated by All the Right People 01:52 — Lesson: attacking opponents vs defending ideas 02:15 — Early career as a strong, independent conservative writer 03:23 — Exposé of Grover Norquist 03:43 — Transition to television and rise as a pundit 04:05 — Joining CNN’s Crossfire 05:10 — Realisation: television > print for influence 05:31 — Washington elite social life and prominence 06:17 — Jon Stewart confrontation and fallout 07:33 — Career decline: PBS → MSNBC → failures 08:41 — Founding The Daily Caller 09:23 — Shift toward click-driven, sensational content 10:05 — “There is no line” — collapse of editorial standards 10:29 — Competition with Breitbart and hiring extremists 11:10 — Obsession with TV exposure 12:06 — Return to prominence with Fox News (2016) 12:49 — Embrace of Trump-era populism 13:06 — Private disdain vs public support for Trump 13:28 — Ratings peak and influence inside the White House 14:27 — Shift in ideology and embrace of conspiracies 15:08 — Patriot Purge and January 6 claims 15:36 — Dominion lawsuit and internal contradictions 16:06 — Exit from Fox News (2023) 16:28 — Move to Twitter/X and podcast dominance 17:00 — Increasing focus on antisemitic themes 17:46 — Controversial guests (e.g. Churchill revisionism) 18:00 — Interview with Nick Fuentes 18:16 — Selective questioning and double standards 19:00 — Personal continuity vs ideological transformation 19:22 — Reinvention as anti-elite populist 19:54 — Turn toward fringe conspiracy content 20:14 — Carlson as symbol of media degradation 20:37 — Comparison to historical demagogues 21:27 — Parallel with Joseph Sobran’s trajectory 21:47 — Ongoing political influence despite setbacks 22:00 — Conclusion: enduring opportunism and audience-first approach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A review of Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson, tracing his fall from gifted journalist to antisemitic demagogue. By Graham Daseler.


00:00 — Carlson’s childhood debate (playing Carter vs Reagan)
01:16 — Introduction to Zengerle’s book Hated by All the Right People
01:52 — Lesson: attacking opponents vs defending ideas
02:15 — Early career as a strong, independent conservative writer
03:23 — Exposé of Grover Norquist
03:43 — Transition to television and rise as a pundit
04:05 — Joining CNN’s Crossfire
05:10 — Realisation: television > print for influence
05:31 — Washington elite social life and prominence
06:17 — Jon Stewart confrontation and fallout
07:33 — Career decline: PBS → MSNBC → failures
08:41 — Founding The Daily Caller
09:23 — Shift toward click-driven, sensational content
10:05 — “There is no line” — collapse of editorial standards
10:29 — Competition with Breitbart and hiring extremists
11:10 — Obsession with TV exposure
12:06 — Return to prominence with Fox News (2016)
12:49 — Embrace of Trump-era populism
13:06 — Private disdain vs public support for Trump
13:28 — Ratings peak and influence inside the White House
14:27 — Shift in ideology and embrace of conspiracies
15:08 — Patriot Purge and January 6 claims
15:36 — Dominion lawsuit and internal contradictions
16:06 — Exit from Fox News (2023)
16:28 — Move to Twitter/X and podcast dominance
17:00 — Increasing focus on antisemitic themes
17:46 — Controversial guests (e.g. Churchill revisionism)
18:00 — Interview with Nick Fuentes
18:16 — Selective questioning and double standards
19:00 — Personal continuity vs ideological transformation
19:22 — Reinvention as anti-elite populist
19:54 — Turn toward fringe conspiracy content
20:14 — Carlson as symbol of media degradation
20:37 — Comparison to historical demagogues
21:27 — Parallel with Joseph Sobran’s trajectory
21:47 — Ongoing political influence despite setbacks
22:00 — Conclusion: enduring opportunism and audience-first approach

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]]> 1342 The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan https://quillette.com/2026/02/04/heir-jordan-the-most-american-king-abdullah-of-jordan-aaron-magid-review/ Aaron Magid's biography examines how Jordan's King Abdullah has navigated 25 years of regional turmoil through Western alliances and survival. Written by ⁠Michael M. Rosen⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:04:00 -0000 full Quillette Aaron Magid's biography examines how Jordan's King Abdullah has navigated 25 years of regional turmoil through Western alliances and survival. Written by ⁠Michael M. Rosen⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Aaron Magid's biography examines how Jordan's King Abdullah has navigated 25 years of regional turmoil through Western alliances and survival.


Written by ⁠Michael M. Rosen⁠

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]]> 805 Kissinger and Cambodia https://quillette.com/2023/12/07/kissinger-and-cambodia/ Henry Kissinger’s policies influenced Cambodia’s fate, but they alone did not cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:37:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Lachlan Peters; read by William Laing. Henry Kissinger’s policies influenced Cambodia’s fate, but they alone did not cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Henry Kissinger’s policies influenced Cambodia’s fate, but they alone did not cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge.

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]]> 2044 Erasing the Word 'Woman' This presentation is written and narrated by Dr Karleen Gribble, a researcher specialising in maternal and child health with particular expertise in breastfeeding and lactation policy. Dr Gribble argues that the replacement of sex-based language like "women," "mothers," and "breastfeeding" with gender-neutral terms like "pregnant people," "birthing bodies," and "chest feeding" in healthcare represents a failure of evidence-based medicine, cultural imperialism, and abuse of institutional power. She traces how this language shift originated in the United States around 2010–15 and spread globally through academic journals, publishers, health organisations, and funding bodies. She contends that these changes are being implemented without any research demonstrating benefits, while the limited existing studies show women find the language confusing, offensive, or dehumanising. Dr Gribble argues this is particularly problematic because it violates public health principles requiring clear communication, may harm vulnerable women with low health literacy, and imposes Western gender ideology on non-Western cultures. She documents how researchers and health professionals who question this shift face professional retaliation, and how her own research proposals to study the impact of desexed language were rejected as offensive. Dr Gribble calls for urgent research on the actual health impacts of this language change and a return to evidence-based practice that prioritises clear, dignified communication in women's healthcare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:47:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Karleen Gribble This presentation is written and narrated by Dr Karleen Gribble, a researcher specialising in maternal and child health with particular expertise in breastfeeding and lactation policy. Dr Gribble argues that the replacement of sex-based language like "women," "mothers," and "breastfeeding" with gender-neutral terms like "pregnant people," "birthing bodies," and "chest feeding" in healthcare represents a failure of evidence-based medicine, cultural imperialism, and abuse of institutional power. She traces how this language shift originated in the United States around 2010–15 and spread globally through academic journals, publishers, health organisations, and funding bodies. She contends that these changes are being implemented without any research demonstrating benefits, while the limited existing studies show women find the language confusing, offensive, or dehumanising. Dr Gribble argues this is particularly problematic because it violates public health principles requiring clear communication, may harm vulnerable women with low health literacy, and imposes Western gender ideology on non-Western cultures. She documents how researchers and health professionals who question this shift face professional retaliation, and how her own research proposals to study the impact of desexed language were rejected as offensive. Dr Gribble calls for urgent research on the actual health impacts of this language change and a return to evidence-based practice that prioritises clear, dignified communication in women's healthcare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This presentation is written and narrated by Dr Karleen Gribble, a researcher specialising in maternal and child health with particular expertise in breastfeeding and lactation policy.

Dr Gribble argues that the replacement of sex-based language like "women," "mothers," and "breastfeeding" with gender-neutral terms like "pregnant people," "birthing bodies," and "chest feeding" in healthcare represents a failure of evidence-based medicine, cultural imperialism, and abuse of institutional power. She traces how this language shift originated in the United States around 2010–15 and spread globally through academic journals, publishers, health organisations, and funding bodies.

She contends that these changes are being implemented without any research demonstrating benefits, while the limited existing studies show women find the language confusing, offensive, or dehumanising. Dr Gribble argues this is particularly problematic because it violates public health principles requiring clear communication, may harm vulnerable women with low health literacy, and imposes Western gender ideology on non-Western cultures. She documents how researchers and health professionals who question this shift face professional retaliation, and how her own research proposals to study the impact of desexed language were rejected as offensive.

Dr Gribble calls for urgent research on the actual health impacts of this language change and a return to evidence-based practice that prioritises clear, dignified communication in women's healthcare.

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]]> 2722 Progressive Moral Reasoning and Iran’s Revolt https://quillette.com/2026/02/03/progressive-moral-reasoning-and-irans-revolt/ Progressive discourse has become highly adept at identifying oppression, exclusion, and harm. But it is far less capable of understanding the basic conditions of political order. By Roohola Ramezani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:26:00 -0000 full Quillette Progressive discourse has become highly adept at identifying oppression, exclusion, and harm. But it is far less capable of understanding the basic conditions of political order. By Roohola Ramezani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Progressive discourse has become highly adept at identifying oppression, exclusion, and harm. But it is far less capable of understanding the basic conditions of political order.


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]]> 1156 Islamism: Shooting the Messenger The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:59:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out.

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]]> 802 The Mediocrity Feedback Loop https://quillette.com/2025/07/22/the-mediocrity-feedback-loop-28-years-later-review-alex-garland-danny-boyle/ If leading media critics don’t expect much, filmmakers won’t deliver much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:08:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Charlotte Allen. Read by William Laing. If leading media critics don’t expect much, filmmakers won’t deliver much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If leading media critics don’t expect much, filmmakers won’t deliver much.

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]]> 1458 The Sexual Paradise That Never Was https://quillette.com/2025/12/30/the-sexual-paradise-that-never-was-margaret-mead-samoa/ How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:21:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Patrick Whittle; read by Iona Italia How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked.

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]]> 2061 The Forgotten Ford https://quillette.com/2025/06/24/the-forgotten-ford-harrison-silent-film-cinema-hollywood/ Before Han Solo and Indiana Jones, there was another Harrison Ford, a star of silent cinema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:38:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Christian Kriticos; read by William Laing. Before Han Solo and Indiana Jones, there was another Harrison Ford, a star of silent cinema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Before Han Solo and Indiana Jones, there was another Harrison Ford, a star of silent cinema.

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]]> 1440 ICE Crackdown Backfires Like Daryl Gates' LAPD Era https://quillette.com/2026/01/26/who-got-the-camera-trump-immigration/ The article "Who Got the Camera?" by Dilan Esper recalls Los Angeles policing debates in the 1980s-90s: high crime (gangs, drugs, homelessness) versus claims of LAPD brutality under Chief Daryl Gates, who treated policing like war and used extreme tactics. It details the 1991 Rodney King incident: King, a felon intoxicated during a high-speed chase (up to 117 mph), was beaten by four LAPD officers with batons and a taser. Neighbor George Holliday's camcorder video—showing prolonged punishment, not defense—shifted public opinion. Tough-on-crime supporters rejected brutality; Gates was ousted, riots followed a state acquittal, and two officers got federal prison time. Author argues cameras (now ubiquitous, including bodycams) aid good cops by showcasing professionalism but expose bad ones, ending the "code of silence." Parallels to 2026: Trump's second-term ICE raids use masked agents in cities, arresting citizens/residents, beating immigrants, blocking filming, roughing protesters, and shooting two civilians dead in Minneapolis streets within weeks. Right-wing defenses (victim disobedience, threats) echo 1991 but fail against video evidence, evoking natural revulsion like family separations did in 2020. Polls confirm backlash: Trump's immigration approval fell from +9 (Aug 2025) to -20 (Jan 20, Rasmussen); YouGov shows more support than opposition for abolishing ICE; over 1/3 of Trump voters back deportation goals but not methods (Politico). Public wants secure borders without cruelty; midterms loom as reminder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:14:00 -0000 full Quillette The article "Who Got the Camera?" by Dilan Esper recalls Los Angeles policing debates in the 1980s-90s: high crime (gangs, drugs, homelessness) versus claims of LAPD brutality under Chief Daryl Gates, who treated policing like war and used extreme tactics. It details the 1991 Rodney King incident: King, a felon intoxicated during a high-speed chase (up to 117 mph), was beaten by four LAPD officers with batons and a taser. Neighbor George Holliday's camcorder video—showing prolonged punishment, not defense—shifted public opinion. Tough-on-crime supporters rejected brutality; Gates was ousted, riots followed a state acquittal, and two officers got federal prison time. Author argues cameras (now ubiquitous, including bodycams) aid good cops by showcasing professionalism but expose bad ones, ending the "code of silence." Parallels to 2026: Trump's second-term ICE raids use masked agents in cities, arresting citizens/residents, beating immigrants, blocking filming, roughing protesters, and shooting two civilians dead in Minneapolis streets within weeks. Right-wing defenses (victim disobedience, threats) echo 1991 but fail against video evidence, evoking natural revulsion like family separations did in 2020. Polls confirm backlash: Trump's immigration approval fell from +9 (Aug 2025) to -20 (Jan 20, Rasmussen); YouGov shows more support than opposition for abolishing ICE; over 1/3 of Trump voters back deportation goals but not methods (Politico). Public wants secure borders without cruelty; midterms loom as reminder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The article "Who Got the Camera?" by Dilan Esper recalls Los Angeles policing debates in the 1980s-90s: high crime (gangs, drugs, homelessness) versus claims of LAPD brutality under Chief Daryl Gates, who treated policing like war and used extreme tactics.


It details the 1991 Rodney King incident: King, a felon intoxicated during a high-speed chase (up to 117 mph), was beaten by four LAPD officers with batons and a taser. Neighbor George Holliday's camcorder video—showing prolonged punishment, not defense—shifted public opinion. Tough-on-crime supporters rejected brutality; Gates was ousted, riots followed a state acquittal, and two officers got federal prison time.


Author argues cameras (now ubiquitous, including bodycams) aid good cops by showcasing professionalism but expose bad ones, ending the "code of silence."


Parallels to 2026: Trump's second-term ICE raids use masked agents in cities, arresting citizens/residents, beating immigrants, blocking filming, roughing protesters, and shooting two civilians dead in Minneapolis streets within weeks. Right-wing defenses (victim disobedience, threats) echo 1991 but fail against video evidence, evoking natural revulsion like family separations did in 2020.


Polls confirm backlash: Trump's immigration approval fell from +9 (Aug 2025) to -20 (Jan 20, Rasmussen); YouGov shows more support than opposition for abolishing ICE; over 1/3 of Trump voters back deportation goals but not methods (Politico).


Public wants secure borders without cruelty; midterms loom as reminder.

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]]> 570 Among Savage Tribes https://quillette.com/2025/12/28/among-savage-tribes-napoleon-chagnon-anthropology/ Napoleon Chagnon documented a society in which violent men enjoyed greater reproductive and marital success. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:13:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Peggy Sastre; read by Iona Italia. Napoleon Chagnon documented a society in which violent men enjoyed greater reproductive and marital success. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Napoleon Chagnon documented a society in which violent men enjoyed greater reproductive and marital success. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it.

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]]> 962 My Love Is Otherwise https://quillette.com/2026/01/20/the-gentle-wildness-of-tasmania-travel-history-nature/ The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:54:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Iona Italia The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania

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]]> 1265 Censoring John and Yoko https://quillette.com/2025/08/28/censoring-john-and-yoko-lennon-ono/ A new boxset edits out one of John Lennon’s most controversial songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:21:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Christian Kriticos; read by William Laing. A new boxset edits out one of John Lennon’s most controversial songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new boxset edits out one of John Lennon’s most controversial songs.

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]]> 1287 The Warmth of Collectivism https://quillette.com/2026/01/12/the-warmth-of-collectivism-mamdani-nyc/ Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:06:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress.

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]]> 578 Sad Radicals https://quillette.com/2018/12/11/sad-radicals/ As radicals, we lived in what I call a paradigm of suspicion, one of the malignant ideas that emerge as a result of intellectual in-breeding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:02:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Conor Barnes; read by Iona Italia. As radicals, we lived in what I call a paradigm of suspicion, one of the malignant ideas that emerge as a result of intellectual in-breeding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As radicals, we lived in what I call a paradigm of suspicion, one of the malignant ideas that emerge as a result of intellectual in-breeding.

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]]> 1170 Yukio Mishima: Japan’s Cultural Martyr https://quillette.com/2019/12/11/yukio-mishima-japans-cultural-martyr/ Mishima’s reputation has grown in the new century and today there is more serious interest in his work than ever before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:08:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Andrew Rankin; read by William Laing. Mishima’s reputation has grown in the new century and today there is more serious interest in his work than ever before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mishima’s reputation has grown in the new century and today there is more serious interest in his work than ever before.

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]]> 1004 Bondi Attack Exposes Australia's Multicultural Blind Spot https://quillette.com/2025/12/23/australias-selective-blindness-bondi-massacre-islam-antisemitism/ The Bondi terrorist attack reveals how Australia's reluctance to discuss Islamic antisemitism and ideological motivations undermines cohesion. By Alan Davison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:02:00 -0000 full Quillette The Bondi terrorist attack reveals how Australia's reluctance to discuss Islamic antisemitism and ideological motivations undermines cohesion. By Alan Davison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Bondi terrorist attack reveals how Australia's reluctance to discuss Islamic antisemitism and ideological motivations undermines cohesion. By Alan Davison.

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]]> 714 The Infinite Reopening of History https://quillette.com/2025/12/20/the-infinite-reopening-of-history-activism-decolonisation/ 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:57:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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.

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]]> 645 Game, Set, Match https://quillette.com/2023/03/24/game-set-match/ Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 23 Dec 2025 03:35:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Marilyn Simon. Read by Iona Italia. Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays.

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]]> 1146 To Winter, With Love https://quillette.com/2024/02/13/to-winter-with-love/ The cold allows me to feel alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:33:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Marilyn Simon. Read by Iona Italia. The cold allows me to feel alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The cold allows me to feel alive.

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]]> 643 The Hatred We Must Name 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:17:00 -0000 full Quillette 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We have ignored, enabled, downplayed, and pandered to vicious antisemitism for too long. The victims of the Bondi massacre paid the price.

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]]> 382 Bondi Was Not a Surprise https://quillette.com/2025/12/15/bondi-was-not-a-surprise/ The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable. By ⁠Jack Pinczewski⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:58:00 -0000 full Quillette The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable. By ⁠Jack Pinczewski⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable. By ⁠Jack Pinczewski⁠

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]]> 485 The New Information Wars https://quillette.com/2025/12/09/the-new-information-wars-social-media-ban-online-safety/ Generative AI, disinformation, and the dangerous temptation of benevolent censorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:58:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Generative AI, disinformation, and the dangerous temptation of benevolent censorship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Generative AI, disinformation, and the dangerous temptation of benevolent censorship.

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]]> 694 What Is Autogynephilia? An Interview with Dr Ray Blanchard https://quillette.com/2019/11/06/what-is-autogynephilia-an-interview-with-dr-ray-blanchard/ Modern trans activists reframed transsexualism/transgenderism as a political problem rather than a clinical problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Louise Perry interviews Ray Blanchard; read by Iona Italia. Modern trans activists reframed transsexualism/transgenderism as a political problem rather than a clinical problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Modern trans activists reframed transsexualism/transgenderism as a political problem rather than a clinical problem.

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]]> 1023 Iran's Two Ticking Clocks https://quillette.com/2024/12/23/irans-two-ticking-clocks/ 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Joseph Nichol; read by Iona Italia. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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.

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]]> 750 The Melbourne Crimewave https://quillette.com/2025/10/11/the-melbourne-crimewave-australia-victoria-youth-gangs/ 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 Bushnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:49:00 -0000 full Quillette 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 Bushnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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 Bushnell

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]]> 1017 Easy Rider: 50 Years Looking for America—A Review https://quillette.com/2020/04/21/easy-rider-50-years-looking-for-america-a-review/ 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Graham Daseler. Read by Iona Italia. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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.

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]]> 1162 The Murder of Iryna Zarutska https://quillette.com/2025/09/13/the-murder-of-iryna-zarutska-media-bias-urban-crime-disorder/ 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 young Ukrainian refugee, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a crime caught on CCTV, sparking outrage primarily among conservatives. The article posits that this response is due to three interrelated concerns: media bias, urban disorder, and the victim's characteristics. It argues that mainstream media often report crimes through a racial lens that can distort public perception, amplifying cases where victims are from minority communities while neglecting others. The murder was seen as emblematic of urban disorder in the post-George Floyd era, highlighting issues of leniency and the decline in policing standards. Zarutska's story resonated because she was perceived as an innocent, industrious immigrant whose murder by a repeat offender epitomized a failure of the judicial and social system. The article contrasts media and societal responses to different victim profiles based on ideological lines, highlighting differences in moral priorities between conservatives and progressives. It suggests that the coverage of Zarutska's murder exposes broader cultural divides, with conservatives emphasizing fairness and justice, while progressives focus more on care and liberation, often for marginalized groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:17:00 -0000 full Quillette 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 young Ukrainian refugee, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a crime caught on CCTV, sparking outrage primarily among conservatives. The article posits that this response is due to three interrelated concerns: media bias, urban disorder, and the victim's characteristics. It argues that mainstream media often report crimes through a racial lens that can distort public perception, amplifying cases where victims are from minority communities while neglecting others. The murder was seen as emblematic of urban disorder in the post-George Floyd era, highlighting issues of leniency and the decline in policing standards. Zarutska's story resonated because she was perceived as an innocent, industrious immigrant whose murder by a repeat offender epitomized a failure of the judicial and social system. The article contrasts media and societal responses to different victim profiles based on ideological lines, highlighting differences in moral priorities between conservatives and progressives. It suggests that the coverage of Zarutska's murder exposes broader cultural divides, with conservatives emphasizing fairness and justice, while progressives focus more on care and liberation, often for marginalized groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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 young Ukrainian refugee, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a crime caught on CCTV, sparking outrage primarily among conservatives.


The article posits that this response is due to three interrelated concerns: media bias, urban disorder, and the victim's characteristics. It argues that mainstream media often report crimes through a racial lens that can distort public perception, amplifying cases where victims are from minority communities while neglecting others. The murder was seen as emblematic of urban disorder in the post-George Floyd era, highlighting issues of leniency and the decline in policing standards. Zarutska's story resonated because she was perceived as an innocent, industrious immigrant whose murder by a repeat offender epitomized a failure of the judicial and social system.


The article contrasts media and societal responses to different victim profiles based on ideological lines, highlighting differences in moral priorities between conservatives and progressives. It suggests that the coverage of Zarutska's murder exposes broader cultural divides, with conservatives emphasizing fairness and justice, while progressives focus more on care and liberation, often for marginalized groups.

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]]> 738 Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time https://quillette.com/2023/09/18/charles-darwin-the-greatest-science-writer-of-all-time/ The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Lawrence Krauss; read by Iona Italia. The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.

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]]> 838 We Need to Talk About Trans-Identified Killers https://quillette.com/2025/10/16/we-need-to-talk-about-trans-identified-killers/ The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing. By ⁠Forest Romm⁠, ⁠Kevin Waldman⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:26:00 -0000 full Quillette The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing. By ⁠Forest Romm⁠, ⁠Kevin Waldman⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The list of violent criminals who imagine they were ‘born in the wrong body’ is growing. By ⁠Forest Romm⁠, ⁠Kevin Waldman⁠

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]]> 1175 Fleeing South Africa https://quillette.com/2025/06/10/fleeing-south-africa-boer-trump/ The situation of South African “whites” is worse than Donald Trump's critics are willing to acknowledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:03:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by David Benatar; read by Iona Italia. The situation of South African “whites” is worse than Donald Trump's critics are willing to acknowledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The situation of South African “whites” is worse than Donald Trump's critics are willing to acknowledge.

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]]> 831 Ancient Indian Tradition—Or Twentieth-Century European Export? https://quillette.com/2025/07/31/ancient-indian-tradition-or-twentieth-century-european-export/ Evidence suggests that today’s common yoga practices were inspired by a popular 1924 Danish gymnastics manual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Carl von Siemens. Read by Iona Italia. Evidence suggests that today’s common yoga practices were inspired by a popular 1924 Danish gymnastics manual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evidence suggests that today’s common yoga practices were inspired by a popular 1924 Danish gymnastics manual.

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]]> 1988 Two Hundred Years of Stendhal https://quillette.com/2022/10/05/two-hundred-years-of-stendhal/ 2022 marked the bicentennial of the pseudonym’s transformation from literary dabbler into one of the greatest novelists of the modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:35:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Robert Zaretsky. Read by Iona Italia. 2022 marked the bicentennial of the pseudonym’s transformation from literary dabbler into one of the greatest novelists of the modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2022 marked the bicentennial of the pseudonym’s transformation from literary dabbler into one of the greatest novelists of the modern age.

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]]> 1136 Making Fiction Boring The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books. By Adam Szetela Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:23:00 -0000 full Quillette The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books. By Adam Szetela Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The ideological capture of college writing programs has ushered in an age of didactic, anodyne, and tedious books.

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]]> 1162 Greta Thunberg’s Fifteen Minutes https://quillette.com/2025/06/28/greta-thunbergs-fifteen-minutes/ The climate activist’s simplistic slogans and hectoring style proved effective when she was still a child. But now that she’s an adult, the act is losing its shine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:34:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Allan Stratton; read by William Laing. The climate activist’s simplistic slogans and hectoring style proved effective when she was still a child. But now that she’s an adult, the act is losing its shine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The climate activist’s simplistic slogans and hectoring style proved effective when she was still a child. But now that she’s an adult, the act is losing its shine.

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]]> 972 Israel’s Hard-Won Victory https://quillette.com/2025/10/16/israels-hard-won-victory/ The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October. By The Quillette Editorial Board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:14:00 -0000 full Quillette The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October. By The Quillette Editorial Board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October. By The Quillette Editorial Board.

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]]> 534 The Art of Middle Eastern Pillow Talk https://quillette.com/2025/10/01/the-art-of-middle-eastern-pillow-talk/ Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil. By David Christopher Kaufman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Oct 2025 01:51:00 -0000 full Quillette Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil. By David Christopher Kaufman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil. By David Christopher Kaufman.

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]]> 464 All at Sea https://quillette.com/2025/10/10/all-at-sea-greta-thunberg-gaza-flotilla-israel/ Greta Thunberg’s sailing trip to Gaza was a confused piece of activist theatre of a kind that is sadly very much in vogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Oct 2025 01:47:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Greta Thunberg’s sailing trip to Gaza was a confused piece of activist theatre of a kind that is sadly very much in vogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Greta Thunberg’s sailing trip to Gaza was a confused piece of activist theatre of a kind that is sadly very much in vogue.

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]]> 624 It’s No Longer 1937... https://quillette.com/2025/06/10/its-no-longer-1937-disney-snow-white-seven-dwarfs-rachel-zegler-gal-gadot/ Disney’s awful new Snow White adaptation fails to recreate or even understand the story it is trying to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:03:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Charlotte Allen. Read by William Laing. Disney’s awful new Snow White adaptation fails to recreate or even understand the story it is trying to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Disney’s awful new Snow White adaptation fails to recreate or even understand the story it is trying to tell.

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]]> 1692 The Malpractice of Menopausal Medicine Reveals a Broken Medical System by Amy Alkon Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company. By Amy Alkon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Oct 2025 03:27:00 -0000 full Quillette Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company. By Amy Alkon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company. By Amy Alkon.

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]]> 1696 Why We Should Read Nietzsche https://quillette.com/2019/04/22/why-we-should-read-nietzsche/ My sense is that Nietzsche is best understood as a radical individualist; one who insists passionately that our duty in life is to become what we are. But what kind of person is that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:38:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Matt McManus; read by Iona Italia. My sense is that Nietzsche is best understood as a radical individualist; one who insists passionately that our duty in life is to become what we are. But what kind of person is that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices My sense is that Nietzsche is best understood as a radical individualist; one who insists passionately that our duty in life is to become what we are. But what kind of person is that?

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]]> 1029 No, You Don’t Have a Disorder, You Have Feelings When we construe normal feeling as illness, we offer people an understanding of themselves as disordered. This encourages people to be stuck in a limiting narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:53:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Lisa Marchiano. Read by Iona Italia. When we construe normal feeling as illness, we offer people an understanding of themselves as disordered. This encourages people to be stuck in a limiting narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When we construe normal feeling as illness, we offer people an understanding of themselves as disordered. This encourages people to be stuck in a limiting narrative.

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]]> 778 Why Not Polygamy? Examining the Case for Legalisation https://quillette.com/2022/05/28/why-not-polygamy/ Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:10:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Cheryl Mendelson; read by William Laing. Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Polygamy is a criminal offense throughout the Western world. Would making it legal be progress?

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]]> 2004 George Orwell, Henry Miller, and the 'Dirty-Handkerchief Side of Life' https://quillette.com/2020/10/08/george-orwell-henry-miller-and-the-dirty-handkerchief-side-of-life/ Like Miller, Orwell didn’t just focus on the “dirty-handkerchief side of life”—he repeatedly confessed to the dirty-handkerchief side of his own personality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:42:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Matt Johnson. Read by William Laing. Like Miller, Orwell didn’t just focus on the “dirty-handkerchief side of life”—he repeatedly confessed to the dirty-handkerchief side of his own personality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Like Miller, Orwell didn’t just focus on the “dirty-handkerchief side of life”—he repeatedly confessed to the dirty-handkerchief side of his own personality.

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]]> 1369 Gaza and the Collapse of Truth-Seeking The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism by Gary Geipel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:44:00 -0000 full Quillette The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism by Gary Geipel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Gaza aid-site controversy and a crisis of journalism by Gary Geipel.

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]]> 795 How Accurate is Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’? https://quillette.com/2023/08/01/how-accurate-is-christopher-nolans-oppenheimer/ A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:02:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Robert Zubrin. Read by William Laing. A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.

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]]> 764 Huxley, Burroughs, and the Church of Scientology https://quillette.com/2021/07/06/huxley-burroughs-and-the-church-of-scientology/ Like it or not, hidden within those influential texts are the bizarre jargon and lunatic assertions of a mendacious madman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:59:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by David S. Wills. Read by William Laing. Like it or not, hidden within those influential texts are the bizarre jargon and lunatic assertions of a mendacious madman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Like it or not, hidden within those influential texts are the bizarre jargon and lunatic assertions of a mendacious madman.

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]]> 1209 Brainrot, Not Ideology https://quillette.com/2025/09/13/brainrot-not-ideology-charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-discord-memes/ The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth like Tyler Robinson more than ideology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:07:00 -0000 full Quillette The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth like Tyler Robinson more than ideology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The assassination of Charlie Kirk shows how Discord, memes, and “online brainrot” may motivate disaffected youth like Tyler Robinson more than ideology.

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]]> 490 Pride and Prejudice The self-esteem movements that once deranged America’s school curricula have since deranged the realm of identity activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:06:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Steve Salerno. Read by William Laing. The self-esteem movements that once deranged America’s school curricula have since deranged the realm of identity activism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The self-esteem movements that once deranged America’s school curricula have since deranged the realm of identity activism.

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]]> 1726 Thomas Sowell: Tragic Optimist https://quillette.com/2021/03/27/thomas-sowell-tragic-optimist/ In his 2000 memoir A Personal Odyssey, Sowell recounts a parable that was read to him as a young boy and which he never forgot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:02:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Samuel Kronen; read by Iona Italia. In his 2000 memoir A Personal Odyssey, Sowell recounts a parable that was read to him as a young boy and which he never forgot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his 2000 memoir A Personal Odyssey, Sowell recounts a parable that was read to him as a young boy and which he never forgot.

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]]> 2837 Falling Fertility: A Crisis We Refuse to Face https://quillette.com/2025/06/13/falling-fertility-a-crisis-we-refuse-to-face-demographics/ Fertility decline is not merely a demographic curiosity—it is a structural challenge with civilisational implications. So why are people so reluctant to take it seriously? Andrew Glover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Fertility decline is not merely a demographic curiosity—it is a structural challenge with civilisational implications. So why are people so reluctant to take it seriously? Andrew Glover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fertility decline is not merely a demographic curiosity—it is a structural challenge with civilisational implications. So why are people so reluctant to take it seriously?

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]]> 629 Mahmood Mamdani Wants to Dismantle America Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:56:00 -0000 https://quillette.com/2025/09/02/mahmood-mamdani-wants-to-dismantle-america-israel-zohran/ full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust.


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]]> 670 Fragments Against the Ruins In his deliberately archaic new rendition of Homer’s epic, Jeffrey Duban takes a defiant stand against the modernisation of classical literature in defence of a disappearing tradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:58:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Jaspreet Singh Boparai In his deliberately archaic new rendition of Homer’s epic, Jeffrey Duban takes a defiant stand against the modernisation of classical literature in defence of a disappearing tradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In his deliberately archaic new rendition of Homer’s epic, Jeffrey Duban takes a defiant stand against the modernisation of classical literature in defence of a disappearing tradition.

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]]> 1704 ‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’ https://quillette.com/2024/12/12/shameless-beyond-the-curse-of-shamelessness/ In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:47:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Joan Smith. Read by Iona Italia. In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile.

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]]> 1457 Naive Protest and Calculated Terror https://quillette.com/2025/08/26/naive-protest-and-calculated-terror-iran-australia-terrorism-antisemitism/ The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:01:00 -0000 full Quillette The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger.

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]]> 413 Twilight of the Satyrs https://quillette.com/2021/08/11/twilight-of-the-satyrs/ Charlotte Allen examines how Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey's sexual misconduct allegations led to both men being cancelled and explores the broader cultural shift from the sexual liberation of the 1960s to #MeToo's scrutiny of male literary figures and their treatment of women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:02:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Charlotte Allen. Read by Iona Italia. Charlotte Allen examines how Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey's sexual misconduct allegations led to both men being cancelled and explores the broader cultural shift from the sexual liberation of the 1960s to #MeToo's scrutiny of male literary figures and their treatment of women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Charlotte Allen examines how Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey's sexual misconduct allegations led to both men being cancelled and explores the broader cultural shift from the sexual liberation of the 1960s to #MeToo's scrutiny of male literary figures and their treatment of women.


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]]> 2903 The Limits of Radical Protest https://quillette.com/2022/08/05/the-limits-of-radical-protest/ Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:19:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Matt Johnson. Read by Iona Italia. Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements.

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]]> 1231 Ancient DNA and the Return of a Disgraced Theory https://quillette.com/2025/05/28/ancient-dna-and-the-return-of-a-disgraced-theory/ This is a story of some of the greatest findings in modern research, and of the dismal narrow-mindedness and motivated reasoning displayed by scholars who ought to know better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:39:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Tristan S. Rapp. Read by Iona Italia. This is a story of some of the greatest findings in modern research, and of the dismal narrow-mindedness and motivated reasoning displayed by scholars who ought to know better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a story of some of the greatest findings in modern research, and of the dismal narrow-mindedness and motivated reasoning displayed by scholars who ought to know better.

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]]> 1535 The Sensitivity Era https://quillette.com/2025/08/19/the-sensitivity-era-literature-publishing/ Amid literary subcultures, competition has always been fierce and unrelenting and has become even more so in our age of elite overproduction. On social media, these embittered rivalries play out in public amid a chorus of backbiting worthy of Chekhov. Robert Huddleston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:51:00 -0000 full Quillette Amid literary subcultures, competition has always been fierce and unrelenting and has become even more so in our age of elite overproduction. On social media, these embittered rivalries play out in public amid a chorus of backbiting worthy of Chekhov. Robert Huddleston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amid literary subcultures, competition has always been fierce and unrelenting and has become even more so in our age of elite overproduction. On social media, these embittered rivalries play out in public amid a chorus of backbiting worthy of Chekhov.

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]]> 763 The Cancellation of Bertrand Russell https://quillette.com/2023/09/15/the-cancellation-of-bertrand-russell/ Eight decades later, the issues raised by the Russell case—the rights to free speech and academic freedom—have still not been settled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:43:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by James Huffman. Read by William Laing. Eight decades later, the issues raised by the Russell case—the rights to free speech and academic freedom—have still not been settled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Eight decades later, the issues raised by the Russell case—the rights to free speech and academic freedom—have still not been settled.

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]]> 737 The Problem Is Islam—Not Islamism https://quillette.com/blog/2024/08/23/its-islam-not-islamism/ The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself. By ⁠Obaid Omer⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:52:00 -0000 full Quillette The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself. By ⁠Obaid Omer⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself. By ⁠Obaid Omer⁠

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]]> 324 Rethinking “Harm Reduction” Once seen as a model of progressive drug policy, San Francisco now stands as a morbid example of how that approach has gone astray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:45:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Christopher Calton. Read by William Laing. Once seen as a model of progressive drug policy, San Francisco now stands as a morbid example of how that approach has gone astray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Once seen as a model of progressive drug policy, San Francisco now stands as a morbid example of how that approach has gone astray.

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]]> 1804 McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring https://quillette.com/2023/06/14/mcmasters-imaginary-sex-ring/ In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Jonathan Kay. Read by Iona Italia. In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen.

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]]> 5132 Against Palestinian Statehood https://quillette.com/2025/08/05/against-palestinian-statehood/ Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:46:00 -0000 Against Palestinian Statehood full Quillette Against Palestinian Statehood Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.

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]]> 477 Milan Kundera: The Nobel Prize for Literature Winner We Never Had https://quillette.com/2023/07/11/milan-kundera-the-nobel-prize-for-literature-winner-we-never-had/ Few writers in our time were more committed to the novel or had more idealism about the heights the form could scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:09:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Robin Ashenden. Read by Iona Italia. Few writers in our time were more committed to the novel or had more idealism about the heights the form could scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Few writers in our time were more committed to the novel or had more idealism about the heights the form could scale.

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]]> 1304 His Satanic Majesty Retires https://quillette.com/2025/07/25/his-satanic-majesty-ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath/ A tribute to the man who helped to revolutionise modern rock music and reality TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:34:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Dave Thompson. Read by William Laing. A tribute to the man who helped to revolutionise modern rock music and reality TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A tribute to the man who helped to revolutionise modern rock music and reality TV.

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]]> 1136 The Vanishing of Peng Shuai https://quillette.com/2021/11/20/the-vanishing-of-peng-shuai/ Whatever really happened between Zhang and Peng, the truth is that they were both already victims, having been raised in a society that completely denies the importance of the individual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Jul 2025 23:37:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Aaron Sarin. Read by Iona Italia. Whatever really happened between Zhang and Peng, the truth is that they were both already victims, having been raised in a society that completely denies the importance of the individual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whatever really happened between Zhang and Peng, the truth is that they were both already victims, having been raised in a society that completely denies the importance of the individual.

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]]> 520 Why the Islamic Republic Must Fall https://quillette.com/2025/07/08/why-the-islamic-republic-must-fall-israel-iran/ As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this. Armin Navabi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:35:00 -0000 full Quillette As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this. Armin Navabi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this.

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]]> 983 The Soldier and the Revolutionary https://quillette.com/2025/07/25/the-soldier-and-the-revolutionary-india-chandra-bose-world-war-ii/ The contrasting lives and ambitions of two major figures in the fight for Indian Independence: General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya (“Timmy”) and Subhas Chandras Bose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:08:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Phil Craig. Read by Iona Italia. The contrasting lives and ambitions of two major figures in the fight for Indian Independence: General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya (“Timmy”) and Subhas Chandras Bose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The contrasting lives and ambitions of two major figures in the fight for Indian Independence: General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya (“Timmy”) and Subhas Chandras Bose.

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]]> 2974 Too Much Monkey Business https://quillette.com/2025/07/21/too-much-monkey-business-scopes-monkey-trial/ The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:29:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Graham Daseler. Read by William Laing. The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.

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]]> 1980 Glamourising Violence at Glastonbury https://quillette.com/2025/07/04/glamourising-violence-at-glastonbury-vylan-idf-israel-palestine/ Bob Vylan’s “death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury reveal how Britain’s economic despair has radicalised a generation and threatens to revive ancient hatreds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:57:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Bob Vylan’s “death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury reveal how Britain’s economic despair has radicalised a generation and threatens to revive ancient hatreds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bob Vylan’s “death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury reveal how Britain’s economic despair has radicalised a generation and threatens to revive ancient hatreds.

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]]> 718 Are We Dating the Same Guy? https://quillette.com/2023/09/21/are-we-dating-the-same-guy/ Women create whisper networks to keep themselves safe from antisocial male behaviour. But unfortunately, such networks can be highjacked by our antisocial female peers. By Amy Eileen Hamm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:34:00 -0000 full Quillette Women create whisper networks to keep themselves safe from antisocial male behaviour. But unfortunately, such networks can be highjacked by our antisocial female peers. By Amy Eileen Hamm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Women create whisper networks to keep themselves safe from antisocial male behaviour. But unfortunately, such networks can be highjacked by our antisocial female peers. By Amy Eileen Hamm

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]]> 403 Red Spies and Lies https://quillette.com/2025/03/23/red-spies-and-lies-mccarthyism-communism-clay-risen-review/ Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 18 Jul 2025 03:52:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Ronald Radosh. Read by William Laing. Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Clay Risen’s new book about the American “Red Scare” emphasises the injustices of anti-communism but minimises the true extent and danger of communist infiltration.


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]]> 2385 Traitors to the Human Mind https://quillette.com/2016/02/03/pinkwashing-and-traitors-to-the-human-mind/ As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:50:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Jamie Palmer. Read by Iona Italia. As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane.

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]]> 1225 The Teaching Problem https://quillette.com/2025/07/14/the-teaching-problem-higher-education-john-tagg/ The reason most teaching is bad is that most teaching follows a demonstrably bad model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Jul 2025 04:05:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by John Tagg. Read by Iona Italia. The reason most teaching is bad is that most teaching follows a demonstrably bad model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The reason most teaching is bad is that most teaching follows a demonstrably bad model.

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]]> 1717 Gonzo Bros https://quillette.com/2025/06/20/gonzo-bros-hunter-thompson-transference-masculinity-manosphere/ Twenty years after his death, what Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy—or lack of it—tells us about literature and manhood in our current moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 14 Jul 2025 04:05:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Frank Celia. Read by William Laing. Twenty years after his death, what Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy—or lack of it—tells us about literature and manhood in our current moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Twenty years after his death, what Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy—or lack of it—tells us about literature and manhood in our current moment.

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]]> 2815 Conflicting Visions of Peace Netanyahu’s Nobel Prize gesture masks serious diplomatic divisions over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of Gaza’s devastated population. Benny Morris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:58:00 -0000 full Quillette Netanyahu’s Nobel Prize gesture masks serious diplomatic divisions over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of Gaza’s devastated population. Benny Morris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Netanyahu’s Nobel Prize gesture masks serious diplomatic divisions over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of Gaza’s devastated population.

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]]> 757 Purity, Profit, and Politics How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:57:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Steve Salerno. Read by Iona Italia. How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction.


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]]> 2336 Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello https://quillette.com/2025/01/31/evolutionary-psychology-in-the-humanities-shakespeares-othello-2/ Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:25:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Helen Pluckrose. Read by Iona Italia. Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.

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]]> 1886 Intersectionality’s Cosmic Inquisitor https://quillette.com/2024/02/15/intersectionalitys-cosmic-inquisitor/ Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has made a name for herself as one of STEM’s most implacable activists. Now the targets of her online attacks are fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:14:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Jonathan Kay. Read by Iona Italia. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has made a name for herself as one of STEM’s most implacable activists. Now the targets of her online attacks are fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has made a name for herself as one of STEM’s most implacable activists. Now the targets of her online attacks are fighting back.

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]]> 3319 Gentrifying the Intifada https://quillette.com/2025/06/27/gentrifying-the-intifada-zohran-mamdani/ Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 28 Jun 2025 02:53:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted.

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]]> 706 A Fragile Peace: Iran-Israel Update https://quillette.com/2025/06/24/a-fragile-peace-israel-trump/ The Israel-Iran conflict may already be over, following the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the future is deeply uncertain. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:50:00 -0000 full Quillette The Israel-Iran conflict may already be over, following the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the future is deeply uncertain. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Israel-Iran conflict may already be over, following the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the future is deeply uncertain. By Benny Morris.

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]]> 1300 The Two Middle Classes https://quillette.com/2020/02/27/the-two-middle-classes/ The struggle between the two middle classes is not just a matter of wealth and power, but also of retaining the social basis for democracy itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:11:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Joel Kotkin. Read by William Laing. The struggle between the two middle classes is not just a matter of wealth and power, but also of retaining the social basis for democracy itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The struggle between the two middle classes is not just a matter of wealth and power, but also of retaining the social basis for democracy itself.

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]]> 926 The Enlightenment’s Gravediggers https://quillette.com/2025/06/19/the-enlightenments-gravediggers-rousseau-zizek-anti-western/ When Westerners hate the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Maarten Boudry. Read by Iona Italia. When Westerners hate the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices When Westerners hate the West.

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]]> 1732 Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal https://quillette.com/2025/06/18/destroying-irans-nuclear-arsenal-israel-america/ Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:41:00 -0000 Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal full Quillette Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance. By Benny Morris.

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]]> 1299 Beheading the Snake https://quillette.com/2025/06/14/beheading-the-snake-israel-iran-netanyahu/ The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:50:00 -0000 Beheading the Snake full Quillette Beheading the Snake The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies. By Benny Morris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies. By Benny Morris.

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]]> 1100 no The Globalised Intifada https://quillette.com/2025/06/11/the-globalised-intifada-palestine-gaza/ For at least some, globalising the Intifada means exporting the tactics of Hamas to the West, thus threatening peaceful liberal societies everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:07:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. For at least some, globalising the Intifada means exporting the tactics of Hamas to the West, thus threatening peaceful liberal societies everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For at least some, globalising the Intifada means exporting the tactics of Hamas to the West, thus threatening peaceful liberal societies everywhere.

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]]> 689 Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation https://quillette.com/2025/02/26/monogamy-and-the-making-of-western-civilisation/ The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. Written by James Kierstead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0000 Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation full Quillette Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. Written by James Kierstead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. Written by James Kierstead.

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]]> 800 Student Scapegoats https://quillette.com/2025/05/23/student-scapegoats-trump-f1-visas-higher-education/ The Trump administration’s decision to start revoking the visas of international students is vindictive, petty, and counterproductive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:17:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Carl Skutsch The Trump administration’s decision to start revoking the visas of international students is vindictive, petty, and counterproductive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Trump administration’s decision to start revoking the visas of international students is vindictive, petty, and counterproductive.

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]]> 860 Classical Liberalism Without Strong Gods https://quillette.com/2025/06/10/classical-liberalism-without-strong-gods-open-society-popper/ Why are liberal democracies facing a crisis of meaning? In this video, we explore Roger Partridge’s powerful defence of Karl Popper’s Open Society—a vision of liberalism based on freedom, tolerance, and civic engagement. As figures like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Jordan Peterson, and Peter Thiel call for a return to religion and nationalism, many argue that the West has lost its moral and spiritual foundation. But is abandoning liberalism the answer? Partridge argues that the real problem isn’t liberalism itself—but our failure to maintain the institutions and civic culture that once gave it meaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:59:00 -0000 Classical Liberalism Without Strong Gods full Quillette Classical Liberalism Without Strong Gods Why are liberal democracies facing a crisis of meaning? In this video, we explore Roger Partridge’s powerful defence of Karl Popper’s Open Society—a vision of liberalism based on freedom, tolerance, and civic engagement. As figures like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Jordan Peterson, and Peter Thiel call for a return to religion and nationalism, many argue that the West has lost its moral and spiritual foundation. But is abandoning liberalism the answer? Partridge argues that the real problem isn’t liberalism itself—but our failure to maintain the institutions and civic culture that once gave it meaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Why are liberal democracies facing a crisis of meaning? In this video, we explore Roger Partridge’s powerful defence of Karl Popper’s Open Society—a vision of liberalism based on freedom, tolerance, and civic engagement. As figures like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Jordan Peterson, and Peter Thiel call for a return to religion and nationalism, many argue that the West has lost its moral and spiritual foundation. But is abandoning liberalism the answer? Partridge argues that the real problem isn’t liberalism itself—but our failure to maintain the institutions and civic culture that once gave it meaning.

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]]> 1784 Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation https://quillette.com/2025/02/26/monogamy-and-the-making-of-western-civilisation/ The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. By James Kierstead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:29:00 -0000 Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation full Quillette Monogamy and the Making of Western Civilisation The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. By James Kierstead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The institution of monogamy in Classical Greece may have led to a host of phenomena that shaped the modern West: from individualism and abstract thinking to liberalism and democracy. By James Kierstead.

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]]> 800 Christopher Hitchens, Anti-Identitarian https://quillette.com/2020/03/12/christopher-hitchens-anti-identitarian/ Hitchens didn’t just see how identity politics could warp a person’s ideas and principles—he understood that it could replace them altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 May 2025 01:53:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Matt Johnson. Read by Iona Italia. Hitchens didn’t just see how identity politics could warp a person’s ideas and principles—he understood that it could replace them altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hitchens didn’t just see how identity politics could warp a person’s ideas and principles—he understood that it could replace them altogether.

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]]> 872 Too Many Moons https://quillette.com/2025/03/17/too-many-moons/ The article "Too Many Moons" by Lawrence M. Krauss discusses the recent recognition by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) of 128 new moons of Saturn, bringing its total to 274. This prompts questions about whether the term "moon" needs a more restrictive definition, similar to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet. The article highlights the distinction between "regular" moons, which formed with the planet, and "irregular" moons, likely captured later by Saturn's gravity. With a proliferation of moons being recognized, the article suggests that the definition of what constitutes a moon might need to be reconsidered, potentially excluding very small or irregularly shaped objects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 May 2025 00:42:00 -0000 Too Many Moons full Quillette Too Many Moons by Lawrence Krauss The article "Too Many Moons" by Lawrence M. Krauss discusses the recent recognition by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) of 128 new moons of Saturn, bringing its total to 274. This prompts questions about whether the term "moon" needs a more restrictive definition, similar to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet. The article highlights the distinction between "regular" moons, which formed with the planet, and "irregular" moons, likely captured later by Saturn's gravity. With a proliferation of moons being recognized, the article suggests that the definition of what constitutes a moon might need to be reconsidered, potentially excluding very small or irregularly shaped objects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The article "Too Many Moons" by Lawrence M. Krauss discusses the recent recognition by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) of 128 new moons of Saturn, bringing its total to 274. This prompts questions about whether the term "moon" needs a more restrictive definition, similar to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet. The article highlights the distinction between "regular" moons, which formed with the planet, and "irregular" moons, likely captured later by Saturn's gravity. With a proliferation of moons being recognized, the article suggests that the definition of what constitutes a moon might need to be reconsidered, potentially excluding very small or irregularly shaped objects

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]]> 430 The Rationalism and Romanticism of John Stuart Mill https://quillette.com/2022/06/22/the-rationalism-and-romanticism-of-john-stuart-mill/ Two strands of Mill's philosophy were profoundly in conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 May 2025 23:55:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Laurie Wastell. Read by Iona Italia. Two strands of Mill's philosophy were profoundly in conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Two strands of Mill's philosophy were profoundly in conflict.

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]]> 1156 The Green Energy Delusion https://quillette.com/2025/03/04/the-green-energy-delusion/ The current approach to energy and environmental policy isn’t just unsustainable—it has put us on a collision course with reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 27 May 2025 03:35:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Paul Brown. Read by Iona Italia. The current approach to energy and environmental policy isn’t just unsustainable—it has put us on a collision course with reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The current approach to energy and environmental policy isn’t just unsustainable—it has put us on a collision course with reality.

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]]> 1483 Qatar: Futuristic City, Medieval Morals https://quillette.com/2025/05/20/qatar-futuristic-city-medieval-morals-trump/ Donald Trump has an opportunity to influence the Qatari monarchy away from supporting jihad and towards promoting peace. But will he take it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 26 May 2025 05:57:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Donald Trump has an opportunity to influence the Qatari monarchy away from supporting jihad and towards promoting peace. But will he take it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Donald Trump has an opportunity to influence the Qatari monarchy away from supporting jihad and towards promoting peace. But will he take it?

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]]> 660 In Defence of John Money https://quillette.com/2024/06/16/in-defence-of-john-money/ How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 May 2025 03:22:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Alex Byrne. Read by Iona Italia. How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How did this famed sexologist become reviled at both ends of the culture-war horseshoe?

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]]> 1140 The Women Excluded from Parsi Life The Zoroastrians of India, are a tiny and rapidly shrinking group. Yet they exclude women who marry out and their offspring from their community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 May 2025 00:52:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Nev March. Read by Iona Italia. The Zoroastrians of India, are a tiny and rapidly shrinking group. Yet they exclude women who marry out and their offspring from their community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Zoroastrians of India, are a tiny and rapidly shrinking group. Yet they exclude women who marry out and their offspring from their community.

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]]> 1715 Brave New Marvel https://quillette.com/2025/05/01/brave-new-marvel-mcu-captain-america/ Despite serious flaws, ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is much better than Marvel’s recent offerings. Perhaps the franchise may have turned the corner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 22 May 2025 00:30:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by William Barker. Read by William Laing. Despite serious flaws, ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is much better than Marvel’s recent offerings. Perhaps the franchise may have turned the corner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Despite serious flaws, ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is much better than Marvel’s recent offerings. Perhaps the franchise may have turned the corner.

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]]> 703 Out with the Old... https://quillette.com/2025/05/12/out-with-the-old-nigel-farage-reform-uk-conservatives-labour-new-right/ Forecasts that Nigel Farage will become UK prime minister now attract expressions of anxious concern not mockery from the liberal commentariat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 20 May 2025 08:08:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by John Lloyd. Read by William Laing. Forecasts that Nigel Farage will become UK prime minister now attract expressions of anxious concern not mockery from the liberal commentariat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Forecasts that Nigel Farage will become UK prime minister now attract expressions of anxious concern not mockery from the liberal commentariat.

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]]> 635 Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles? https://quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-the-university-of-austin-betraying-its-founding-principles/ Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests. By Ellie Avishai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 23:37:00 -0000 Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles? full Quillette Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles? Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests. By Ellie Avishai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests. By Ellie Avishai.

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]]> 1556 The Many Faces of ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ https://quillette.com/2025/03/14/the-many-faces-of-the-count-of-monte-cristo-dumas/ Alexandre Dumas’s novel is by turns an adventure story, a paean to bourgeois values, and a Greek epic. No wonder it continues to fascinate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 22:49:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Stewart Slater. Read by Iona Italia. Alexandre Dumas’s novel is by turns an adventure story, a paean to bourgeois values, and a Greek epic. No wonder it continues to fascinate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Alexandre Dumas’s novel is by turns an adventure story, a paean to bourgeois values, and a Greek epic. No wonder it continues to fascinate. 

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]]> 855 'Oikophobia': Our Western Self-Hatred https://quillette.com/2019/10/07/oikophobia-our-western-self-hatred/ The simplest way of defining oikophobia is as the opposite extreme of xenophobia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 21:50:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Benedict Beckeld. Read by Iona Italia. The simplest way of defining oikophobia is as the opposite extreme of xenophobia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The simplest way of defining oikophobia is as the opposite extreme of xenophobia.

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]]> 701 Truth Telling and Colonial History The colonisation of Australia was neither a "peaceful settlement" nor a bloody conquest. It was a Malthusian swamping: the inevitable and tragic result of contact between hunter gatherers and agriculturalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 May 2025 03:24:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Sean Welsh. Read by William Laing. The colonisation of Australia was neither a "peaceful settlement" nor a bloody conquest. It was a Malthusian swamping: the inevitable and tragic result of contact between hunter gatherers and agriculturalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The colonisation of Australia was neither a "peaceful settlement" nor a bloody conquest. It was a Malthusian swamping: the inevitable and tragic result of contact between hunter gatherers and agriculturalists.

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]]> 1649 Scientology’s War on Psychiatry https://quillette.com/2022/10/18/explaining-scientologys-war-against-psychiatry/ What caused L. Ron Hubbard to turn on a discipline he had once accepted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 May 2025 00:44:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Stephen Wiseman and Jonathan Salem-Wiseman. Read by Iona Italia. What caused L. Ron Hubbard to turn on a discipline he had once accepted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What caused L. Ron Hubbard to turn on a discipline he had once accepted?

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]]> 1782 Our Glorious Unhead of State https://quillette.com/2022/09/21/our-unhead-of-state/ The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 13 May 2025 21:44:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Harry Lehmann. Read by William Laing. The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state.

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]]> 378 Lessons from the Last Empire of Iran https://quillette.com/2020/07/31/lessons-from-the-last-empire-of-iran/ Despite the uncertainties and tensions that characterize modern political life, we would do well to remember that the future we want is never the future we actually get, and that civilisation will outlast the fragility of politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 May 2025 04:54:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Michael Bonner. Read by Iona Italia. Despite the uncertainties and tensions that characterize modern political life, we would do well to remember that the future we want is never the future we actually get, and that civilisation will outlast the fragility of politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Despite the uncertainties and tensions that characterize modern political life, we would do well to remember that the future we want is never the future we actually get, and that civilisation will outlast the fragility of politics.

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]]> 1005 The Thunder from Down Under https://quillette.com/2025/01/25/the-thunder-from-down-under-ac-dc-australia-music/ If Bach was the sound of God whistling while he worked, AC/DC was the sound of God ordering another round in a strip club on Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 09 May 2025 04:39:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by George Case. Read by William Laing. If Bach was the sound of God whistling while he worked, AC/DC was the sound of God ordering another round in a strip club on Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If Bach was the sound of God whistling while he worked, AC/DC was the sound of God ordering another round in a strip club on Saturday night.

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]]> 842 For Our Own Good, We All Need a Glimpse of the Evil Queen https://quillette.com/2021/03/07/for-our-own-good-we-all-need-a-glimpse-of-the-evil-queen/ I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 May 2025 23:34:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Jordan Peterson. Read by Iona Italia. I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue.

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]]> 1030 Against the Tyranny of Opinionated Ignorance https://quillette.com/2025/04/24/against-the-tyranny-of-opinionated-ignorance-joe-rogan-douglas-murray/ Let us not confuse the freedom to speak with the freedom to mislead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 May 2025 03:30:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Yuki Zeman. Read by Iona Italia. Let us not confuse the freedom to speak with the freedom to mislead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Let us not confuse the freedom to speak with the freedom to mislead.

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]]> 610 When Good Academics Do Bad Things https://quillette.com/2025/05/06/the-druse-connection-israel-gaza-syria-benny-morris/ In a speech at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Jonathan Kay shared insights from investigating a controversy at the university's teachers college. The story involves Margaret Munn, a middle-aged educator who faced backlash for questioning the concept of "decolonization" in a course titled "Indigenous Education: Towards a Decolonizing Pedagogy." Munn was reported to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee and faced potential expulsion for her views. However, a UWO tribunal eventually ruled in her favor, citing violations of free speech. The editor’s investigation highlights the institutional pressures and the complex dynamics of academic environments focused on decolonization and social justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 May 2025 23:49:00 -0000 full Quillette In a speech at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Jonathan Kay shared insights from investigating a controversy at the university's teachers college. The story involves Margaret Munn, a middle-aged educator who faced backlash for questioning the concept of "decolonization" in a course titled "Indigenous Education: Towards a Decolonizing Pedagogy." Munn was reported to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee and faced potential expulsion for her views. However, a UWO tribunal eventually ruled in her favor, citing violations of free speech. The editor’s investigation highlights the institutional pressures and the complex dynamics of academic environments focused on decolonization and social justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a speech at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Jonathan Kay shared insights from investigating a controversy at the university's teachers college. The story involves Margaret Munn, a middle-aged educator who faced backlash for questioning the concept of "decolonization" in a course titled "Indigenous Education: Towards a Decolonizing Pedagogy." Munn was reported to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee and faced potential expulsion for her views. However, a UWO tribunal eventually ruled in her favor, citing violations of free speech. The editor’s investigation highlights the institutional pressures and the complex dynamics of academic environments focused on decolonization and social justice.

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]]> 1537 no The Settlers: An Incomplete Portrayal https://quillette.com/2025/05/06/the-settlers-an-incomplete-portrayal-louis-theroux-settlers-israel-palestine/ Louis Theroux’s new documentary suggests that he is unfamiliar with the complex history behind the Israeli occupation of The West Bank, and does not understand the political and ideological factors at stake there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 May 2025 03:54:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. Louis Theroux’s new documentary suggests that he is unfamiliar with the complex history behind the Israeli occupation of The West Bank, and does not understand the political and ideological factors at stake there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Louis Theroux’s new documentary suggests that he is unfamiliar with the complex history behind the Israeli occupation of The West Bank, and does not understand the political and ideological factors at stake there.

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]]> 644 The Fight for Academic Freedom in the UK https://quillette.com/2025/04/06/the-fight-for-academic-freedom-in-the-uk-higher-education-act-free-speech/ How the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won, and nearly lost again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 May 2025 22:05:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Abhishek Saha. Read by Iona Italia. How the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won, and nearly lost again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won, and nearly lost again.

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]]> 3740 Disuniting Australia https://quillette.com/2024/08/07/disuniting-australia/ What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 02 May 2025 06:34:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Alan Davison. Read by William Laing. What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam?  

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]]> 1819 Ghosts of Electricity https://quillette.com/2024/12/30/the-ghost-of-electricity-bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-visions-of-johanna/ The magisterial incomprehensibility of Bob Dylan’s ‘Visions of Johanna.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Apr 2025 03:30:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Thomas Larson. Read by Iona Italia. The magisterial incomprehensibility of Bob Dylan’s ‘Visions of Johanna.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The magisterial incomprehensibility of Bob Dylan’s ‘Visions of Johanna.’

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]]> 872 Hamas Should Never Be Decriminalised https://quillette.com/2025/04/16/hamas-should-never-be-decriminalised/ The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:51:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering.

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]]> 694 The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part II: The Legal and Media Circus https://quillette.com/2023/05/22/the-wrongful-exoneration-of-adnan-syed-ii/ Adnan Syed would never have been released had ‘Serial’ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:21:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Andrew Hammel. Read by William Laing. Adnan Syed would never have been released had ‘Serial’ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Adnan Syed would never have been released had ‘Serial’ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution.

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]]> 5646 'The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part I: A Straightforward Murder Case' by Andrew Hammel https://quillette.com/2023/05/22/the-wrongful-exoneration-of-adnan-syed-i/ A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:18:00 -0000 full Quillette A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict. A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict.

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]]> 4577 Does TED Still Make Sense? https://quillette.com/2025/04/17/does-ted-still-make-sense/ Last week’s TED Talks in Vancouver featured dozens of brilliant speakers. But the earnest belief that big new ideas can save humanity from itself now feels painfully dated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:10:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Jonathan Kay. Last week’s TED Talks in Vancouver featured dozens of brilliant speakers. But the earnest belief that big new ideas can save humanity from itself now feels painfully dated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Last week’s TED Talks in Vancouver featured dozens of brilliant speakers. But the earnest belief that big new ideas can save humanity from itself now feels painfully dated.

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]]> 989 Revisiting ‘Wake in Fright’, A Peculiarly Australian Kind of Hell https://quillette.com/2021/09/28/a-peculiarly-australian-kind-of-hell-revisiting-wake-in-fright/ Five decades after its release, Wake in Fright remains a brutally captivating reminder that modernity is just a thin veneer over the darker recesses of the human heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:16:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Ryan Anderson. Read by William Laing. Five decades after its release, Wake in Fright remains a brutally captivating reminder that modernity is just a thin veneer over the darker recesses of the human heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Five decades after its release, Wake in Fright remains a brutally captivating reminder that modernity is just a thin veneer over the darker recesses of the human heart.

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]]> 1539 Australia's Population Ponzi Scheme https://quillette.com/2020/10/28/australias-population-ponzi-scheme/ The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:03:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Kelvin Thomson. Read by William Laing. The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim.

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]]> 293 Marxism: The Idea That Refuses to Die Its ability to churn out such plausible sounding explanations for historical and social phenomena is part of Marxism’s core appeal. But its grand theoretical framework simply does not hold up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:48:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Tibor Rutar. Read by Iona Italia Its ability to churn out such plausible sounding explanations for historical and social phenomena is part of Marxism’s core appeal. But its grand theoretical framework simply does not hold up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Its ability to churn out such plausible sounding explanations for historical and social phenomena is part of Marxism’s core appeal. But its grand theoretical framework simply does not hold up.

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]]> 1268 Jihadism Is the Problem https://quillette.com/2025/03/29/jihadism-is-the-problem-syria-gaza/ The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:20:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by John Aziz. The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife.

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]]> 750 The Fugitive Mind My best friend had a psychotic break—our criss-crossing journeys through facts and fictions in thirteen chapters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:33:00 -0000 full Quillette Written and read by Joan Maltese. My best friend had a psychotic break—our criss-crossing journeys through facts and fictions in thirteen chapters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices My best friend had a psychotic break—our criss-crossing journeys through facts and fictions in thirteen chapters.

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]]> 5176 How to Tell if You’re Living in a Patriarchy Arguments that patriarchy exists in the West today are largely dependent on reinventions of the concept that would be better dispensed with.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:24:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Helen Pluckrose. Read by Iona Italia. Arguments that patriarchy exists in the West today are largely dependent on reinventions of the concept that would be better dispensed with.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Arguments that patriarchy exists in the West today are largely dependent on reinventions of the concept that would be better dispensed with. 

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]]> 1529 'The Amityville Horror—A 50-Year Old Lie That Won’t Die' by Kevin Mims https://quillette.com/2024/03/07/the-amityville-horror-a-50-year-old-lie/ Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:23:00 -0000 full Quillette Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America. Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America.

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]]> 2444 The Open Society and Its New Enemies https://quillette.com/2025/01/29/the-open-society-and-its-new-enemies-karl-popper-francis-fukuyama-historicism/ What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:10:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Matt Johnson. Read by Iona Italia. What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today.

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]]> 2957 Against the Death Penalty https://quillette.com/2025/01/02/against-the-death-penalty-capital-punishment/ The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:27:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Ralph Leonard. Read by Iona Italia. The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will.

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]]> 784 Stalin, Putin, and the Corruption of History https://quillette.com/2025/03/20/stalin-putin-and-the-corruption-of-history/ The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Mar 2025 01:17:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Andy Owen. Read by Iona Italia. The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten.

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]]> 1241 What Explains Women's Fascination With BDSM Fiction? https://quillette.com/2022/05/09/what-explains-womens-fascination-with-bdsm-fiction/ Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:26:00 -0000 Written by Robert King. Read by Iona Italia. full Quillette Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex. Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex.

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]]> 1045 The Tyranny of Fragility https://quillette.com/2025/01/13/the-tyranny-of-fragility-tocqueville-victimhood/ How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:31:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Samuel Veissière. Read by Iona Italia. How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture.

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]]> 898 Peter Beinart's Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Susie Lindfield https://quillette.com/2025/02/19/a-kinder-gentler-eliminationism-peter-beinart-israel-hamas-gaza-anti-zionism/ Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:02:00 -0000 full Quillette Written by Susie Linfield. Read by Iona Italia. Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book.

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]]> 1961 Israel–Gaza: A War Between Cousins by John Aziz Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:30:55 -0000 full Quillette Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots. Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots.

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]]> 690 Demystifying Critical Race Theory by Josh Yuter https://quillette.com/2025/02/19/demystifying-critical-race-theory/ Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:17:00 -0000 full Quillette Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous. Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Activists on both sides have an incentive to keep Critical Race Theory undefined and ambiguous.

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]]> 1980 Trump and the DEI Counter-Revolution by Thomas F. Powers https://quillette.com/2025/02/08/trump-and-the-dei-counter-revolution-affirmative-action-civil-rights/ Civil-rights law made the DEI world; civil-rights reform can unmake it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:46:54 -0000 full Quillette Civil-rights law made the DEI world; civil-rights reform can unmake it. Civil-rights law made the DEI world; civil-rights reform can unmake it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Civil-rights law made the DEI world; civil-rights reform can unmake it.

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]]> 4657 Universities Are Worth Saving by Jonathan Rauch https://quillette.com/2025/02/18/universities-are-worth-saving/ Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 18 Feb 2025 04:46:00 -0000 full Quillette Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down. Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Those seeking to address the crisis on America’s campuses should resist the tendency toward nihilism—the temptation to conclude that we need to just (metaphorically) burn it all down.

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]]> 1448 'The Language of Sex' by Marilyn Simon https://quillette.com/2021/08/18/the-language-of-sex/ While we fuss over definitions and pontificate on freedoms, sex and lust and desire and passion and bodies coming together, remain largely undomesticated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:35:39 -0000 full Quillette While we fuss over definitions and pontificate on freedoms, sex and lust and desire and passion and bodies coming together, remain largely undomesticated. While we fuss over definitions and pontificate on freedoms, sex and lust and desire and passion and bodies coming together, remain largely undomesticated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices While we fuss over definitions and pontificate on freedoms, sex and lust and desire and passion and bodies coming together, remain largely undomesticated.

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]]> 1062 Why There Will Not Be a Beige Future by Razib Khan https://quillette.com/2025/01/23/why-there-will-not-be-a-beige-future-skin-colour-race/ Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:39:36 -0000 full Quillette Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism. Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Skin colour, genetics, race, and racism.

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]]> 521 The 100 Million Killed Under Communist Regimes Matter The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:26:17 -0000 full Quillette The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals. The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals.

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]]> 539 Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art by Iona Italia https://quillette.com/2023/02/21/roald-dahl-and-the-ethics-of-art/ The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:28:11 -0000 full Quillette The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable.

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]]> 1195 Sage of Sex and Psyche by Steven Pinker https://quillette.com/2025/02/04/sage-of-sex-and-psyche-donald-symons-evolutionary-psychology-sex/ Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:10:58 -0000 full Quillette Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024). Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024).

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]]> 1277 'Apostles of Appeasement' by Oscar Clarke https://quillette.com/2023/12/05/apostles-of-appeasement/ A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:03:11 -0000 full Quillette A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers. A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers.

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]]> 956 'Burning the Quran' by John Aziz https://quillette.com/2025/02/05/burning-the-quran-salwan-momika-uk-sweden-islam/ Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:09:14 -0000 full Quillette Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms? Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Are we going to defend liberty, openness, and democracy, or are we going to allow radical theocrats and their ideological allies to try to crush our hard-won freedoms?

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]]> 516 'Australia's Anti-Semitism Crisis' by Claire Lehmann Claire Lehmann discusses the aftermath of a firebombing at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and the perceived leadership failures in Australia relating to antisemitism. Lehmann argues that there is a leadership vacuum as key figures like Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fail to adequately address antisemitic incidents. This institutional indifference is highlighted by several instances where Jewish Australians were intimidated, and their safety compromised, which elicits historical parallels to events like Kristallnacht. Lehmann criticizes both government and corporate sectors for their silence and calls for a more decisive response to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and outright antisemitism. The narrative suggests that societal frameworks often fail to recognize the victimization of successful communities like the Jewish population when subjected to hate-driven violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 03 Feb 2025 02:30:16 -0000 'Australia's Anti-Semitism Crisis' by Claire Lehmann full Quillette 'Australia's Anti-Semitism Crisis' by Claire Lehmann Claire Lehmann discusses the aftermath of a firebombing at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and the perceived leadership failures in Australia relating to antisemitism. Lehmann argues that there is a leadership vacuum as key figures like Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fail to adequately address antisemitic incidents. This institutional indifference is highlighted by several instances where Jewish Australians were intimidated, and their safety compromised, which elicits historical parallels to events like Kristallnacht. Lehmann criticizes both government and corporate sectors for their silence and calls for a more decisive response to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and outright antisemitism. The narrative suggests that societal frameworks often fail to recognize the victimization of successful communities like the Jewish population when subjected to hate-driven violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Claire Lehmann discusses the aftermath of a firebombing at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and the perceived leadership failures in Australia relating to antisemitism. Lehmann argues that there is a leadership vacuum as key figures like Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fail to adequately address antisemitic incidents. This institutional indifference is highlighted by several instances where Jewish Australians were intimidated, and their safety compromised, which elicits historical parallels to events like Kristallnacht. Lehmann criticizes both government and corporate sectors for their silence and calls for a more decisive response to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and outright antisemitism. The narrative suggests that societal frameworks often fail to recognize the victimization of successful communities like the Jewish population when subjected to hate-driven violence.

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]]> 548 'Europe’s Virtues Will Be Its Undoing' by Pascal Bruckner https://quillette.com/2019/09/14/europes-virtues-will-be-its-undoing/ Ever since, all of Europe—the East as well as the West—has carried the burden of Nazi guilt, as others would have us bear the guilt of North American slavery and Jim Crow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0000 'Europe’s Virtues Will Be Its Undoing' by Pascal Bruckner full Quillette 'Europe’s Virtues Will Be Its Undoing' by Pascal Bruckner Ever since, all of Europe—the East as well as the West—has carried the burden of Nazi guilt, as others would have us bear the guilt of North American slavery and Jim Crow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ever since, all of Europe—the East as well as the West—has carried the burden of Nazi guilt, as others would have us bear the guilt of North American slavery and Jim Crow.

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]]> 2410 'Shame on Us for Ever Believing Him' by Jonathan Kay https://quillette.com/2025/01/07/shame-on-us-for-ever-believing-him/ Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:28:10 -0000 'Shame on Us for Ever Believing Him' by Jonathan Kay full Quillette Read by Jonathan Kay Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state.

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]]> 769 'The Ceasefire Deal' by Benny Morris https://quillette.com/2025/01/20/the-gaza-deal-israel-ceasefire-hostages/ As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:11:00 -0000 'The Ceasefire Deal' by Benny Morris full Quillette 'The Ceasefire Deal' by Benny Morris As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear.

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]]> 1161 'This Is Not Late-Stage Capitalism' by John Aziz https://quillette.com/2025/01/08/this-is-not-late-stage-capitalism-automation-ai-robotics/ Automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics are set to redefine the relationship between labour, capital, and production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:24:00 -0000 'This Is Not Late-Stage Capitalism' by John Aziz full Quillette Read by John Aziz. Automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics are set to redefine the relationship between labour, capital, and production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics are set to redefine the relationship between labour, capital, and production.

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]]> 620 'Johann Blumenbach: The First Race Scientist' by Coel Hellier. https://quillette.com/2024/03/13/johann-blumenbach-the-first-race-scientist/ The accepted view is that the scientists of the European Enlightenment got the issue of race badly wrong. In fact, some of them got more right than they are usually given credit for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:57:05 -0000 'Johann Blumenbach: The First Race Scientist' by Coel Hellier. full Quillette Read by Iona Italia. The accepted view is that the scientists of the European Enlightenment got the issue of race badly wrong. In fact, some of them got more right than they are usually given credit for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The accepted view is that the scientists of the European Enlightenment got the issue of race badly wrong. In fact, some of them got more right than they are usually given credit for.

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]]> 1216 'The Language of Soviet Propaganda' by Izabella Tabarovsky https://quillette.com/2024/01/11/the-language-of-soviet-propaganda/ Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0000 full Quillette Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred. Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred.

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]]> 1537 'The Baby Gate: A Memoir' by Steve Salerno https://quillette.com/2024/11/08/the-baby-gate-a-memoir-paternity-fatherhood/ So that’s how a fatherhood ends. A few UPCs, like those you find on packs of toilet tissue, delivered via email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:29:00 -0000 'The Baby Gate: A Memoir' by Steve Salerno full Quillette Read by William Laing. So that’s how a fatherhood ends. A few UPCs, like those you find on packs of toilet tissue, delivered via email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices So that’s how a fatherhood ends. A few UPCs, like those you find on packs of toilet tissue, delivered via email.

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]]> 2357 'Jesus Wasn't Palestinian' by John Aziz. https://quillette.com/2024/12/18/jesus-wasnt-palestinian/ Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:24:00 -0000 'Jesus Wasn't Palestinian' by John Aziz. full Quillette Read by John Aziz. Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history. 

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]]> 576 'Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be' by Brian Stewart https://quillette.com/2024/12/16/tyranny-is-not-what-it-used-to-be-autocracy-inc-review-anne-applebaum/ In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:56:00 -0000 'Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be' by Brian Stewart full Quillette Read by Iona Italia. In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.

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]]> 872 'Embracing the Passion and Perfection of Chess' by Iona Italia. https://quillette.com/2023/05/20/embracing-the-passion-and-perfection-of-chess/ While claims of skill transfer may be overblown, there is still benefit to be had in the tiny, claustrophobic world of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:22:42 -0000 'Embracing the Passion and Perfection of Chess' by Iona Italia. full Quillette Read by Iona Italia. While claims of skill transfer may be overblown, there is still benefit to be had in the tiny, claustrophobic world of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices While claims of skill transfer may be overblown, there is still benefit to be had in the tiny, claustrophobic world of the game.

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]]> 1272 'Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare' by Jonathan Kay https://quillette.com/2024/01/06/western-europes-forgotten-nightmare/ In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:39:20 -0000 'Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare' by Jonathan Kay full Quillette Read by Iona Italia In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror.

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]]> 1287 'Anti-Zionism’s German Roots' by Gerfried Ambrosch https://quillette.com/2024/11/18/anti-zionisms-german-roots-israel/ While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:27:00 -0000 'Anti-Zionism’s German Roots' by Gerfried Ambrosch full Quillette Read by Iona Italia. While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil.

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]]> 1159 'Savage Entertainment' by Jaspreet Singh Boparai https://quillette.com/2024/11/14/savage-entertainment-caligula-ultimate-cut-malcolm-mcdowell-tinto-brass-penthouse/ A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:29:00 -0000 'Savage Entertainment' by Jaspreet Singh Boparai full Quillette Read by Iona Italia A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history.

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]]> 2998 'The Weak Horse' by Brian Stewart https://quillette.com/2024/12/03/the-weak-horse-syria-assad-obama-iran-russia/ Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:50:00 -0000 'The Weak Horse' by Brian Stewart full Quillette Read by Iona Italia Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.

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]]> 822 'Trump and the Academic Cocoon' by Heather Mac Donald. A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:44:00 -0000 'Trump and the Academic Cocoon' by Heather Mac Donald. full Quillette Read by Iona Italia. A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A New York Times op-ed by a Yale historian tries to see universities from the vantage point of an outsider. Instead, it unwittingly illustrates why universities will not self-correct without external intervention.

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