704 Episodes

  1. Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativity, and Anthony Bourdain

    Published: 13/08/2018
  2. Why online politics gets so extreme so fast

    Published: 06/08/2018
  3. Taking Trump’s corruption seriously

    Published: 02/08/2018
  4. The surprising story of how American politics polarized

    Published: 30/07/2018
  5. The most important idea for understanding American politics in 2018

    Published: 23/07/2018
  6. What economists and politicians get wrong about trade

    Published: 19/07/2018
  7. How to disagree better

    Published: 16/07/2018
  8. Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media right now

    Published: 09/07/2018
  9. The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about Trump and Russia (part 2)

    Published: 05/07/2018
  10. The Supreme Court vs. Democracy

    Published: 02/07/2018
  11. Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles

    Published: 25/06/2018
  12. What Ellen Pao saw coming

    Published: 18/06/2018
  13. The Green Pill

    Published: 11/06/2018
  14. How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’s torture program, and the Kochs

    Published: 04/06/2018
  15. Political power and the racial wealth gap

    Published: 28/05/2018
  16. Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American complacency

    Published: 21/05/2018
  17. A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan

    Published: 14/05/2018
  18. Optimism about America

    Published: 07/05/2018
  19. The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter reflects on her coverage

    Published: 03/05/2018
  20. The age of "mega-identity" politics

    Published: 30/04/2018

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The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday.

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