Quillette Narrated

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Quillette Narrated episodes

July 10, 2025 Gonzo Bros
Twenty years after his death, what Hunter S. Thompson’s legacy—or lack of it—tells us about literature and manhood in our current moment.

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48 min
July 06, 2025 Purity, Profit, and Politics
How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction.

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40 min
July 04, 2025 'Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello' by Helen Pluckrose
Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.

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33 min
July 04, 2025 Intersectionality’s Cosmic Inquisitor
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has made a name for herself as one of STEM’s most implacable activists. Now the targets of her online attacks are fighting back.

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57 min
June 28, 2025 Gentrifying the Intifada
Zohran Mamdani’s brand of socialism appeals to the luxury beliefs of New York’s middle classes. If his preferred policies are implemented, New Yorkers will suffer—and the poorest of them will be most impacted.

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13 min
June 25, 2025 A Fragile Peace: Iran-Israel Update
The Israel-Iran conflict may already be over, following the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the future is deeply uncertain. By Benny Morris.

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23 min
June 24, 2025 The Two Middle Classes
The struggle between the two middle classes is not just a matter of wealth and power, but also of retaining the social basis for democracy itself.

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17 min
June 24, 2025 The Enlightenment’s Gravediggers
When Westerners hate the West.

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30 min
June 19, 2025 Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal
Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance. By Benny Morris.

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23 min
June 16, 2025 Beheading the Snake
The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies. Written by Benny Morris.

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20 min