Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with municipal politician Bill Dennis about diversity consultant Kike Ojo-Thompson, whose training methods became infamous following the recent suicide of Toronto educator Richard Bilkszto (1963-2023).

Youth Gender Dysphoria and Social Contagion: Exploring the Latest Research

Apr 4th, 2023 31m 47s

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Meet the 80-Year-Old Feminist Who Got Banned From the YMCA for Protesting Male Bodies in the Women‘s Locker Room

Aug 12th, 2022 23m 25s

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks to Port Townsend, WA-area swimmer Julie Jaman, the octogenarian whose efforts to keep biological men out of a changing area reserved for girls and women led to accusations of transphobia, a visit with

Comedian Jessica Pigeau on 'Safe Space' Performers, Progressive Mobbing, and Anxiety Overload in the World of Stand-Up

Aug 5th, 2021 1h 1m

Host Jonathan Kay interviews Vancouver-based queer comedian Jessica Pigeau about her recent Quillette essay describing the clash between good comedy and strident social-justice activismLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho

Bernard Lane on the Fight for a More Balanced Approach Toward Children and Teens Seeking Medicalized Gender Change

1 May 10th, 2021 1h 4m

Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to The Australian writer Bernard Lane about the severe risks associated with rushing gender dysphoric children into puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery—and the rising tide of concerne

Minds.Com CEO Bill Ottman on Censorship, ‘Algorithmic Transparency,’ and the Post-Trump Social-Media Landscape

Feb 4th, 2021 40m 10s

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with Bill Ottman, co-founder of the Minds social-media network, about the challenges facing Silicon Valley communications giantsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John McWhorter on the Ideological Excesses of the Social-Justice Movement

1 Jan 19th, 2021 1h 5m

Columbia University professor and Atlantic Magazine writer John McWhorter speaks with political satirist and TV presenter Josh Szeps about the transformation of radicalized progressive politics into a religious-style belief systemLearn more ab

Abigail Shrier on Her New Book About Peer Contagion and Gender Dysphoria

Dec 6th, 2020 22m 12s

Jonathan Kay speaks to Wall Street Journal contributor Abigail Shrier about the epidemic of teenage girls seeking gender reassignment, the backlash against her book—and the backlash against the backlashLearn more about your ad choices. Visit m

Jamil Jivani on the Inconvenient Truth About Donald Trump’s Non-White Supporters

Nov 6th, 2020 36m 18s

While Trump’s hopes of a second Presidential term seem to be vanishing, his surprisingly strong showing among Black, Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian voters is challenging the progressive claim that Trump's appeal is rooted primarily in racism. Quil

Jodi Shaw on a Climate of Fear at Smith College, Following Unproven Racism Accusations

Nov 3rd, 2020 45m

A whistleblower at an elite Massachusetts women’s college talks to Jonathan Kay about how a single 2018 incident on campus unleashed public-shaming measures that targeted the school’s lowest-paid workers—all in the name of social justiceLearn

Lucy Kross Wallace on Her Descent Into Social-Justice Extremism—And How She Escaped

Oct 20th, 2020 32m 23s

Jonathan Kay speaks with Stanford University student and autism activist Lucy Kross Wallace about her former life as a militant social-justice activist—and what she learned about a movement that she now describes as a “cult.”Learn more about y

Asra Nomani on the Collateral Damage Inflicted on Asian-American Students by Critical Race Theorists

Oct 16th, 2020 30m 37s

Jonathan Kay talks to writer Asra Nomani about the campaign to end race-neutral admissions testing at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia, America’s best public high school—and the disturbing attacks on Asian academic “culture” that have a

Sex Neuroscientist Debra Soh talks to Quillette's Jonathan Kay about her new book, The End of Gender

Sep 19th, 2020 34m 21s

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to scientist and author Dr Debra Soh about the misinformation being peddled to young people about biological sex and transition—and the most humane ways to help people who experience gender dysphoria. Debra h

Substack founder Chris Best is interviewed by Jonathan Kay about how email newsletters are saving journalism

Sep 6th, 2020 23m 49s

Tech entrepreneur Chris Best talks about Substack, his self-publishing platform that is attracting journalists like Andrew Sullivan, Jesse Singal and Jen GersonLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the newly emboldened hard left and why the silent majority needs to speak up

Sep 3rd, 2020 39m 26s

Author Douglas Murray talks about the new Afterword to The Madness of Crowds, his best-selling book about identity politics, and the events of the last six months which have accelerated the toxic trends he warned aboutLearn more about your ad

Trans porn star Buck Angel talks to Jonathan Kay about transitioning at age 28, his life in in adult film, and the infighting within the trans community

1 Sep 2nd, 2020 31m 28s

Trans Pioneer Buck Angel on the afterlife of a porn actor, his campaign for LGBT rights, and the reality of biological sexLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist and documentary maker Christopher Rufo talks to Jonathan Kay about the ideology fuelling the violent protests in the Pacific Northwest

Aug 25th, 2020 33m 38s

Christopher Rufo, Director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute, talks to Jonathan Kay about the ideology fuelling the violent protests in Seattle and Portland.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative intellectual Yoram Hazony talks to Toby Young on the Marxist takeover of liberal institutions.

Aug 21st, 2020 39m 40s

Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism, talks about the why liberal institutions like the New York Times have proved so vulnerable to capture by the hard Left. He wrote about this recently for Quillette.Learn more about your ad choi

University Fundraiser Peter Cohen talks to Jonathan Kay about Jeffrey Epstein, the scandal at MIT, and Ronan Farrow’s flawed journalism

Aug 13th, 2020 46m 25s

Peter Cohen, a university fundraiser, talks about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, its impact on MIT, and Ronan Farrow’s flawed reporting. He recently wrote about all of the above for Quillette.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

Comedian Ryan Long talks to Jon Kay about comedy in the woke era

Jul 25th, 2020 32m 27s

Canadian comedian Ryan Long talks to Jonathan Kay about the nature of comedy in the current political climate. Ryan Long's skit "When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything" has recently gone viral.Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

Douglas Murray talks to Quillette's Toby Young about his new book The Madness of Crowds

Oct 3rd, 2019 50m 50s

Conservative intellectual Douglas Murray talks to Toby Young about the moral shortcomings of identity politics and the Marxist underpinnings of the Social Justice movement, both subjects of his new book.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Keeping Biological Males Out of Women’s Swimming

Mar 29th, 2023 23m 42s

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to NCAA backstroke champion-turned-activist Marshi Smith about her years in the pool, the Lia Thomas controversy, and Smith’s campaign to protect the integrity of female sport.Learn more about your ad

Fair Play for Female Athletes—Then and Now

Feb 27th, 2023 35m 5s

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When Workplace Anti-Racism Training Goes Off the Rails

Aug 29th, 2022 32m 9s

Nicole Levitt tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay what happened when diversity consultants were hired to teach the mantras of social justice to staff at her Philadelphia-based non-profit organization.Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

‘Sex Realism’ Versus ‘Sex Denialism’: Is the Tide Finally Turning Against Gender Ideology?

Jun 5th, 2022 47m 44s

Economist editor Helen Joyce, author of ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,’ explains to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why biology must trump politics when it comes to defining who is a woman and who is a man.Learn more about your ad ch