704 Episodes

  1. What life is like in North Korea

    Published: 18/12/2017
  2. "An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Paul Krugman

    Published: 11/12/2017
  3. The case for impeachment

    Published: 04/12/2017
  4. What Buddhism got right about the human brain

    Published: 27/11/2017
  5. Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and Anita Hill’s legacy

    Published: 20/11/2017
  6. Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It’s caring humans.

    Published: 13/11/2017
  7. Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s mental health, and China's rise

    Published: 06/11/2017
  8. Why politics needs more conflict, not less

    Published: 30/10/2017
  9. Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope about Hollywood

    Published: 23/10/2017
  10. What happens when human beings take control of their own evolution?

    Published: 16/10/2017
  11. Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you

    Published: 09/10/2017
  12. How the Republican Party created Donald Trump

    Published: 02/10/2017
  13. Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Party -- again

    Published: 25/09/2017
  14. David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era and why he hires obsessives

    Published: 19/09/2017
  15. What Hillary Clinton really thinks

    Published: 12/09/2017
  16. Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then came President Trump.

    Published: 05/09/2017
  17. From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-right came from, and where it's going

    Published: 29/08/2017
  18. Why prosecutors, not cops, are the keys to criminal justice reform

    Published: 22/08/2017
  19. Chris Hayes on whether Trump should be removed from office

    Published: 15/08/2017
  20. Sen. Michael Bennet on why this is a dismal, sociopathic era in Congress

    Published: 08/08/2017

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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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