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Did Oliver Cromwell Really Kill Christmas? 18:02

17d ago18:02

18:02

In a special yuletide episode, Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with David Crowther about seventeenth-century puritan attitudes toward yuletide debauchery—and about his acclaimed History of England podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'The Baby Gate: A Memoir' by Steve Salerno 5:44

21d ago5:44

5:44

So that’s how a fatherhood ends. A few UPCs, like those you find on packs of toilet tissue, delivered via email.Quillette

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'A Theory of Everyone' 17:52

21d ago17:52

17:52

Iona Italia talks to cultural evolutionary theorist Michael Muthukrishna, author of A Theory of Everyone, about the human dual inheritance—part inherited, part taught—and about how energy availability underpins everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'Jesus Wasn't Palestinian' by John Aziz. 2:51

22d ago2:51

2:51

Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.Quillette

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'Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be' by Brian Stewart 5:39

23d ago5:39

5:39

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.Quillette

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In Defence of Julia the Elder 20:15

28d ago20:15

20:15

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Joan Smith, whose new book critically examines the 2,000-year-old propaganda campaign against imperial Rome’s leading women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'Embracing the Passion and Perfection of Chess' 5:43

28d ago5:43

5:43

While claims of skill transfer may be overblown, there is still benefit to be had in the tiny, claustrophobic world of the game.Quillette

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'Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare' by Jonathan Kay 5:41

28d ago5:41

5:41

In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror.Quillette

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'Anti-Zionism’s German Roots' by Gerfried Ambrosch 5:44

30d ago5:44

5:44

While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil.Quillette

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'Savage Entertainment' by Jaspreet Singh Boparai 5:46

1M ago5:46

5:46

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.Quillette

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'The Weak Horse' by Brian Stewart 5:42

1M ago5:42

5:42

Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.Quillette

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'Trump and the Academic Cocoon' by Heather Mac Donald. 5:47

1M ago5:47

5:47

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.Quillette

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'Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon' 19:12

1M ago19:12

19:12

Iona Italia talks to globetrotter and intellectual magpie Anna Gat about her modern-day salon, Interintellect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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Lessons from a Teachers-College Battle Over Free Speech and ‘Decolonization’ 17:12

1M ago17:12

17:12

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses recent events at the University of Western Ontario, where instructors spent months denouncing an outspoken education student who’d asked awkward questions about Indigenous reconciliation—until a tribunal concluded they’d violated her rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Talking Far-Right Extremism and the Middle East with Richard Hanania 40:49

1M ago40:49

40:49

Richard Hanania is an American political scientist and commentator, known for his right-wing perspectives and as president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. He faced controversy in 2023 when his past writings under a pseudonym advocating white nationalism resurfaced, which he has since disavowed. His book, The Origins of Wok…

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'Divorce and the Silver Bullet' by James C. Coren 19:31

1M ago19:31

19:31

False allegations may be employed by either parent, but, given the prevailing winds of culture, the gun is far more often in the hand of a woman.Quillette

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'Making Britain Great Again' 21:20

2M ago21:20

21:20

Iona Italia talks to Sam Bowman about how to combat the economic stagnation and excess bureaucracy that are currently preventing the UK from reaching its full potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'Making America British Again' by David A. Wilson 24:15

2M ago24:15

24:15

The story of William Cobbett and the American Revolutionary culture wars.Quillette

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The Campaign Against 'Settler Colonialism’ 30:09

2M ago30:09

30:09

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to author Adam Kirsch about the growing corps of academics and activists seeking to demonize ‘settler colonialists’ in North America, Australia—and especially Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'Justice in Stockholm' by Roya Hakakian 33:36

2M ago33:36

33:36

Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth.Quillette

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'The West is Next' by John Aziz 14:13

2M ago14:13

14:13

If we are to fight for liberty for everyone—including Muslims—we must be serious about being ready to stand up to Islamists like Hamas, who seek to revive Islamic imperialism.Quillette

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Canadian Bureaucracy and Its Discontents 21:47

2M ago21:47

21:47

Iona Italia talks to Nick Osmond-Jones about the impacts of some absurd DEI directives on Canadian public service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'A History of Feminist Antisemitism' by Kara Jesella 37:51

2M ago37:51

37:51

The story of how activists and academics exchanged the struggle for universal female improvement for a politics of division and hatred.Quillette

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'The Case for Life on Mars' by Stephen Fleming. 22:43

2M ago22:43

22:43

Settling Mars isn’t just about making humanity a multi-planetary species. It is about improving life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone on Earth.Quillette

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How Universities Should Regulate Contentious Speech 14:06

2M ago14:06

14:06

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with prolific Harvard University legal scholar Cass Sunstein about his new book, Campus Free Speech: A Pocket Guide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'Blonde on Blonde' by Charlotte Allen. 55:02

2M ago55:02

55:02

Andrew Dominik’s much-maligned film about the life and death of a screen icon claws through the sentimental myth-making in search of terrible truths.Quillette

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An Honest Conversation About Colonialism and Australia's History with Nigel Biggar 43:45

2M ago43:45

43:45

On the 23rd of October, I sat down in Sydney, Australia, with the esteemed ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar—Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford—to discuss King Charles' visit to Australia, whether Australia should cut ties with the British monarchy and become a republic, what it means to be a pat…

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'The Age of Amnesia' by Joel Kotkin 15:58

3M ago15:58

15:58

The spread of mass education may have exemplified the promise of liberal civilization. But, without an understanding and appreciation of what allowed it to flourish, it could also accelerate its dissolution.Quillette

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Unreliable Sources 21:36

3M ago21:36

21:36

Iona Italia talks to Jack Despain Zhou (aka "Tracing Woodgrains") about the decline of standards at Wikipedia as a result of the obsessive efforts of ideologically motivated editors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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The Children of the Revolution by James David Banker. 18:29

3M ago18:29

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The Children of the Revolution by James David Banker. Read by William Laing. Mao Zedong activated China’s youth—unblemished and uncorrupted in heart and mind—to lead the struggle for purity.Quillette

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Why China Is Hiding the Horrors of Its Past by Nick Taber 12:45

3M ago12:45

12:45

Why China Is Hiding the Horrors of its Past: While the Chinese government continues to transform Xinjiang through its cultural genocide program aimed at eliminating the distinct identity of the Uyghur population, it is also putting a high priority on controlling the history of the region and its people. By Nick Taber. Read by Iona Italia.…

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'White Lotus, Red Dragon—China’s History of Millenarian Dissent' by Aaron Sarin 19:19

3M ago19:19

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White Lotus, Red Dragon—China’s History of Millenarian Dissent: When one woman refused and snapped at them to “go away,” they attacked her with a chair and mop handle. By Aaron Sarin. Read by Iona Italia.Quillette

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'Death of a Deluded Man' by John Aziz 14:05

3M ago14:05

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'The Death of a Deluded Man' by John Aziz. Read by John Aziz. Yahya Sinwar should be remembered above all as a failure whose fetish for Jewish—and Palestinian—blood turned Gaza into dust and rubble.Quillette

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'Serfing the Future' by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox 20:50

3M ago20:50

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'Serfing the Future' by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox. Read by William Laing.Quillette

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We Have Never Been Woke 13:14

3M ago13:14

13:14

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with scholar Musa al-Gharbi, whose acclaimed new book analyses the rise of progressive ideological orthodoxy as a means for elites to signal status and accumulate ‘cultural capital.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuillette

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'The Fall of Beirut' by Art Keller 17:58

3M ago17:58

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'The Fall of Beirut: Calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain.' by Art Keller. Read by Iona Italia.Quillette

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7 October, One Year Later with David Benatar 39:24

3M ago39:24

39:24

Until recently, David Benatar was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he also directed the university’s Bioethics Centre. He is widely known for his controversial and challenging views on topics like antinatalism—captured in his groundbreaking book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existe…

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'America's Forgotten Crisis' by Michael J. Totten 22:43

3M ago22:43

22:43

'America's Forgotten Crisis: A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today.' by Michael J. Totten. Read by Iona Italia.Quillette

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The Seven Laws of Pessimism by Maarten Boudry 20:37

3M ago20:37

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Have we just lived through one of the best years in human history? As we look at 2023 through the rearview mirror, I think that’s a defensible claim. In fact, the same thing could have been said at the end of pretty much every year since the beginning of the millennium (with the exception of the disastrous pandemic years of 2020 and 2021). Never be…

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