Dr James Cantor, clinical psychologist and sexologist, talks to Jonathan Kay about his recent peer-reviewed critique of the AAP's unscientific guidelines on treating trans children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Toby Young talks to Jonathan Kay about the Conservatives' victory in the UK General Election in which Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime's brutal response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld talks to Jonathan Kay about why so many intellectuals and young people loathe the culture of the West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Political pundit Mark Halperin talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book, How to Beat Trump . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Author Meghan Daum talks to Jonathan Kay about her new book, The Problem With Everything . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Veteran political journalist Steve Richards talks to Toby Young about the U.K.'s forthcoming General Election, becoming a stage performer late in life, and his recent book about recent British Prime Ministers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 63
Director of Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies David Adesnik talks to Jonathan Kay about the latest developments in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 02, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Jesse Singal, contributing writer at New York magazine, talks to Jonathan Kay about being targeted for cancellation by Nicole Cliffe, a well-known left-wing journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 61
David Frum, ex-speechwriter for George W Bush and senior editor at the Atlantic , talks to Jonathan Kay about the result of the recent Canadian election. Does Justin Trudeau deserve a second term as Prime Minister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Professor Brian Kalt, an expert on US constitutional law and the presidency, talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book on the 25th Amendment and the difficulties of using it to remove a president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Ex-Jehovah's Witness Amber Scorah talks to Jonathan Kay about leaving the Christian sect and her book Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 58
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 megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 03, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was 13, talks to Jonathan Kay about why she has refused to be cast as a victim and how she's dealt with the controversy her stance has generated, particularly in the #MeToo era. She is steeling herself for another bout of unwanted attention when Polanski's new film— An Officer and a Spy —is released next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 26, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 56
New York Times editor and opinion writer Bari Weiss talks to Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism , her new book on the rise in anti-Semitism in the U.S. on the Left and the Right and what we can do to combat it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Gay rights activist Shane Windmeyer talks to Jonathan Kay about his changing attitude to Chick-fil-A, which recently opened its first outlet in Toronto. As the founder of Campus Pride, a nationwide LGBT student activist group, Windmeyer was originally a sworn enemy of Chick-fil-A because the company has donated to groups opposed to same-sex marriage. But Dan Cathy, the son of Chick-fil-A's founder and the company's COO, reached out to Windmeyer in 2012 and the two have since become friends. Lear...
Sep 15, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Yale Law School professor Anthony Kronman talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book The Assault on American Excellence in which he laments the decline of aristocratic values in America's elite universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 04, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Carl Gardner, a former government lawyer, talks to Toby Young about Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament, whether it's constitutionally legitimate, and what the political ramifications are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 30, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Nadim Kobeissi, a professor at NYU and director of a cryptography consulting firm, tells Jonathan Kay about the risks posed by Libra, Facebook's new cryptocurrency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 23, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Portland State philosophy professor Peter Boghossian talks to Jonathan Kay about his forthcoming book— How to Have Impossible Conversations . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 14, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Bruce Gilley, professor of political science at Portland State, talks to Toby Young about not being able to get his course on conservative political thought approved by his faculty, and his efforts to fight back against progressive authoritarianism on campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 07, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Heterodox Academy 2019 conference highlights presented by Jonathan Kay, featuring Steven Pinker, Karith Foster, Jennifer Collins Bloomquist, Dan Mogulof, Lara Schwartz, Brandon Calhoun and Coleman Hughes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 31, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Toby Young, Quillette's associate editor, talks to Jonathan Kay about Boris Johnson, Britain's new Prime Minister whom Toby first met 36 years ago when they were students together at Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Journalist and YouTuber Nancy Rommelmann talks to Jonathan Kay about how Portland became the most woke city in America, what it's like living there, and why she's moving. She provides an update on the targeting of her husband's coffee shop by an outrage mob after she expressed some reservations about aspects of the #MeToo movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 16, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Wilfred Reilly, an assistant professor of political science at Kentucky State University, talks to Toby Young about his new book documenting the prevalence of hate crime hoaxes and what that tells us about contemporary American society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 15, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Jamie Kilstein, comedian and podcaster, talks to Jonathan Kay about his departure from LA, Andy Ngo's Antifa beating and what it's like to hang out with Moby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Nicholas Christakis, Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale, talks to Jonathan Kay about his new book Blueprint and what evolution can teach us about overcoming conflict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Mike Wacker, the ex-Google software engineer who was fired for exposing the company's liberal bias, talks to Jonathan Kay talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 04, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Quillette contributor and nuclear energy expert Michael Shellenberger talks to Toby Young about what Chernobyl , the critically-acclaimed HBO mini-series, got wrong and why that matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Francis Fukuyama is interviewed by guest host Alexandra Hudson about the themes of his new book Identity: The Demand For Dignity and the Politics of Resentment . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 40