"If people with real scientific credentials are feeling pressure to deny reality on ideological grounds, that, to me is an even more serious problem than our journalistic community being corrupted by these ideological cults."

On this episode, find out what's making journalist and free-thought advocate Jonathan Kay optimistic--and maybe not so optimistic. He and Daniel take a deep dive into the current political climate by addressing political correctness in relation to science, the alarming influence of social media trends on society at large, and increasing tendencies at universities to squeeze free speech in the service of ideology. 

Jonathan Kay is the senior editor of Quillette and host of the Wrongspeak podcast. He is the author of the books "Among the Truthers" and "Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life" and the former editor in chief of The Walrus. His writing has appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Literary Review of Canada.