704 Episodes

  1. What’s scary isn’t Trump’s illiberalism but America's acceptance of it

    Published: 01/08/2017
  2. Julia Galef on how to argue better and change your mind more

    Published: 25/07/2017
  3. Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, the first psychologist to run a jail

    Published: 18/07/2017
  4. Eddie Izzard on World War I, cake or death, and marathoning

    Published: 11/07/2017
  5. Avik Roy and Ezra debate the Senate GOP's health bill

    Published: 03/07/2017
  6. danah boyd on why fake news is so easy to believe

    Published: 27/06/2017
  7. Al Franken on learning to be a politician

    Published: 20/06/2017
  8. Zephyr Teachout on suing Trump, fighting corruption, and breaking monopolies

    Published: 13/06/2017
  9. Masha Gessen offers a plausible Trump-Russia theory

    Published: 06/06/2017
  10. Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism

    Published: 30/05/2017
  11. Yascha Mounk: Is Trump’s incompetence saving us from his illiberalism?

    Published: 23/05/2017
  12. Bryan Stevenson on why the opposite of poverty isn’t wealth, but justice

    Published: 16/05/2017
  13. Death, Sex, and Money’s Anna Sale on bringing empathy to politics

    Published: 09/05/2017
  14. Cory Booker returns, live, to talk trust, Trump, and basic incomes

    Published: 04/05/2017
  15. VC Bill Gurley on transforming health care

    Published: 02/05/2017
  16. Elizabeth Warren on what Barack Obama got wrong

    Published: 25/04/2017
  17. Cal Newport on doing Deep Work and escaping social media

    Published: 18/04/2017
  18. G. Willow Wilson on religion, comics, and modern myths

    Published: 11/04/2017
  19. Chris Hayes on the crisis of elites and the politics of order

    Published: 04/04/2017
  20. Tyler Cowen explains it all

    Published: 28/03/2017

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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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