704 Episodes

  1. Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics

    Published: 21/03/2017
  2. Denis McDonough on how to run the White House

    Published: 14/03/2017
  3. Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor organizing, and the Supreme Court

    Published: 07/03/2017
  4. Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spirituality

    Published: 02/03/2017
  5. Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, religion, and 60-day meditation retreats

    Published: 28/02/2017
  6. Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what she thinks of Trump.

    Published: 21/02/2017
  7. Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace diversity

    Published: 14/02/2017
  8. Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting and interviewing

    Published: 07/02/2017
  9. David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis

    Published: 02/02/2017
  10. Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should run for office

    Published: 31/01/2017
  11. JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism

    Published: 24/01/2017
  12. Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committee has become the Democratic Presidential Committee, and that needs to end

    Published: 17/01/2017
  13. Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries of climate change

    Published: 10/01/2017
  14. Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare

    Published: 06/01/2017
  15. You Ask, Ezra Answers

    Published: 03/01/2017
  16. Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and the threat of Russia

    Published: 27/12/2016
  17. Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life

    Published: 20/12/2016
  18. Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy ending to this story"

    Published: 14/12/2016
  19. Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rationalism, and the enlightenment

    Published: 06/12/2016
  20. Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, creativity, and learning from the best

    Published: 29/11/2016

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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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