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Narrated versions of selected Quillette essays.

  1. 4D AGO

    The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan

    Aaron Magid's biography examines how Jordan's King Abdullah has navigated 25 years of regional turmoil through Western alliances and survival. Written by Michael M. Rosen

    14 min

  2. MAR 8

    Kissinger and Cambodia

    Henry Kissinger’s policies influenced Cambodia’s fate, but they alone did not cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge.

    35 min

  3. MAR 4

    Erasing the Word 'Woman'

    This presentation is written and narrated by Dr Karleen Gribble, a researcher specialising in maternal and child health with particular expertise in breastfeeding and lactation policy. Dr Gribble argues that the replacement of sex-based language like "women," "mothers," and "breastfeeding" with gender-neutral terms like "pregnant people," "birthing bodies," and "chest feeding" in healthcare represents a failure of evidence-based medicine, cultural imperialism, and abuse of institutional power. She traces how this language shift originated in the United States around 2010–15 and spread globally through academic journals, publishers, health organisations, and funding bodies. She contends that these changes are being implemented without any research demonstrating benefits, while the limited existing studies show women find the language confusing, offensive, or dehumanising. Dr Gribble argues this is particularly problematic because it violates public health principles requiring clear communication, may harm vulnerable women with low health literacy, and imposes Western gender ideology on non-Western cultures. She documents how researchers and health professionals who question this shift face professional retaliation, and how her own research proposals to study the impact of desexed language were rejected as offensive. Dr Gribble calls for urgent research on the actual health impacts of this language change and a return to evidence-based practice that prioritises clear, dignified communication in women's healthcare.

    46 min

  4. MAR 2

    Progressive Moral Reasoning and Iran’s Revolt

    Progressive discourse has become highly adept at identifying oppression, exclusion, and harm. But it is far less capable of understanding the basic conditions of political order. By Roohola Ramezani

    20 min

  5. FEB 26

    Islamism: Shooting the Messenger

    The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out.

    14 min

  6. FEB 11

    The Mediocrity Feedback Loop

    If leading media critics don’t expect much, filmmakers won’t deliver much.

    25 min

  7. FEB 3

    The Sexual Paradise That Never Was

    How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked.

    35 min

  8. JAN 28

    The Forgotten Ford

    Before Han Solo and Indiana Jones, there was another Harrison Ford, a star of silent cinema.

    25 min
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Narrated versions of selected Quillette essays.

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  • Creator
    Quillette
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    209
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Quillette Pty Ltd

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