704 Episodes

  1. Hillary Clinton. Yes, that Hillary Clinton.

    Published: 12/07/2016

  2. Patrick Brown on plant-meat that bleeds and the science of flavor

    Published: 05/07/2016

  3. Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong about racism

    Published: 28/06/2016

  4. Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lessons, and interrogating strangers

    Published: 21/06/2016

  5. Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, and modern feminism

    Published: 14/06/2016

  6. Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art

    Published: 07/06/2016

  7. Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez

    Published: 31/05/2016

  8. Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing political correctness, and Donald Trump

    Published: 24/05/2016

  9. Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks

    Published: 17/05/2016

  10. Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social media

    Published: 10/05/2016

  11. Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dating Hillary Clinton, and fighting inequality

    Published: 03/05/2016

  12. Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce animal suffering

    Published: 26/04/2016

  13. Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016

    Published: 19/04/2016

  14. Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing

    Published: 19/04/2016

  15. Grover Norquist explains what it takes to change American politics

    Published: 12/04/2016

  16. Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hillary Clinton

    Published: 05/04/2016

  17. David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire

    Published: 29/03/2016

  18. Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics

    Published: 22/03/2016

  19. Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up

    Published: 15/03/2016

  20. Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat the world's poor

    Published: 08/03/2016

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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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