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Zineb Riboua on Iran, the Houthis, Israel and the Battle for the Middle East

Zineb Riboua is a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East and founder of its China in MENA Project. She joins Zoe Sanke

Why Populism Ends in Disaster with Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania is a political scientist and president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. He spent about a decade as one of the most influential vo

The Truth About the Gender Pay Gap with David Maywald

Author David Maywald joins Zoe Sankey to discuss the female wage premium among young Australians, the collapse of male rites of passage, and why boys are told from primar

Crémieux on Fertility Collapse, Ozempic, IQ & Why Pit Bulls Are the Way They Are

Zoe Sankey sits down with Crémieux (the pen name of researcher Jordan Lasker), the formerly anonymous X writer-researcher whose data threads on genetics, demographics and

Why Ireland Became Europe's Most Antisemitic Country | Rachel Moiselle

Rachel Moiselle is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin and one of Ireland's most visible activists against antisemitism. In this episode of Quillette Cetera, she jo

Why Ireland Became Europe's Most Antisemitic Country | Rachel Moiselle

Rachel Moiselle is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin and one of Ireland's most visible activists against antisemitism. In this episode of Quillette Cetera, she jo

The NGO Industrial Complex: Gerald Steinberg on How Human Rights Became a Racket

NGOs have a great deal of influence over our lives. This episode uncovers the hidden power structures behind the world's most powerful non-governmental organisations — an

Oikophobia: Why the West Hates Itself | Benedict Beckeld

What does it mean for a civilisation to turn against itself? In this episode, Quillette's Zoe Sankey speaks with philosopher and author Benedict Beckeld — whose 2019 Quil

Hava Mendelle: From Climate Activist to Critic of Radical Left and Gaza Flotilla

Hava Mendelle defies easy categorisation. Openly gay and proudly Jewish, she is a fifteen-year Australian Army veteran, emergency department nurse, published author, and

Australia's Broken Justice System with Andrew Bushnell

Zoe Sankey speaks with Andrew Bushnell — policy researcher, criminal justice expert, and fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs — about crime, justice, and some of the

Does Western Civilisation Exist? James Kierstead on Ancient Greece, Christianity, and the West

Does Western civilisation actually exist — or is it just a modern political myth? In this episode of the Quillette Cetera podcast, Zoe Booth speaks with classicist James

Oikophobia and the Crisis of Western Democracy with Shany Mor

In this conversation, Zoe Booth and Shany Mor discuss the complex interplay between Australia's reputation in relation to Israel, the impact of anti-Israel activism, and

Inside Iran’s Deadly Protests with Shay Khatiri

Shay Khatiri is one of the most clear-eyed analysts of Iran’s regime and its role in global geopolitics. Raised in the Islamic Republic before escaping to the U.S., he no

Adam Louis-Klein on Why He Founded the Movement Against Antizionism

In this conversation, Zoe Booth and Adam Louis-Klein delve into the complexities of antizionism, exploring its ideological roots, the language used to propagate it, and i

How Audience Capture Fuels Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and Anti-Israel Hysteria | Corey Walker

From algorithmic incentives to progressive posturing, this episode explores how anti-Semitism has become a feature—not a bug—of influencer culture. Zoe Booth speaks with

Exposing the Qatar Lobby: Chama Mechtaly on Islamism, Censorship, and the West

Chama Mechtaly is a Moroccan-American artist, activist, and policy advisor whose work sits at the intersection of cultural preservation, deradicalisation, and Middle East

How Foreign Funding Is Shaping Australia’s Energy Debate: Gerard Holland

Zoe Booth speaks with Gerard Holland, CEO of the Page Research Centre and a founding member of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Together they explore how foreign

Why Do Women Orgasm? With Evolutionary Psychologist Robert King

Zoe Booth speaks with Robert King, a psychology lecturer and researcher at University College Cork, whose work explores human sexual behaviour through the lens of evoluti

Romance Across the Divide with David Christopher Kaufman

Journalist and former New York Post editor David Kaufman joins Quillette’s Zoe Booth to discuss his viral essay, The Art of Middle Eastern Pillow Talk, in which he recoun

How Intrasexual Competition Suppresses Female Fertility with Dr Dani Sukilowski

In this episode of the Quillette Podcast, host Zoe Booth speaks with behavioural scientist Dr Dani Sulikowski about the sociocultural and evolutionary drivers behind coll