704 Episodes

  1. Danielle Allen on the radicalism of the American revolution — and its lessons for today

    Published: 2/07/2020

  2. Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect

    Published: 1/07/2020

  3. Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking

    Published: 29/06/2020

  4. Your questions, answered

    Published: 25/06/2020

  5. Which country has the world's best healthcare system?

    Published: 22/06/2020

  6. The transformative power of restorative justice

    Published: 18/06/2020

  7. Ross Douthat and I debate American decadence

    Published: 15/06/2020

  8. A serious conversation about UFOs

    Published: 11/06/2020

  9. A former prosecutor's case for prison abolition

    Published: 8/06/2020

  10. Why Ta-Nehisi Coates is hopeful

    Published: 4/06/2020

  11. Are humans fundamentally good? (with Rutger Bregman)

    Published: 1/06/2020

  12. From politician to priest

    Published: 28/05/2020

  13. Robert Frank's radical idea

    Published: 25/05/2020

  14. Why “essential” workers are treated as disposable

    Published: 21/05/2020

  15. "The world’s scariest economist” on coronavirus, innovation, and purpose

    Published: 18/05/2020

  16. A mind-bending conversation about quantum mechanics and parallel worlds

    Published: 14/05/2020

  17. Why the coronavirus is so deadly for black America

    Published: 11/05/2020

  18. Jenny Odell on nature, art, and burnout in quarantine

    Published: 7/05/2020

  19. An unusually honest conversation about wielding political power

    Published: 4/05/2020

  20. What should the media learn from coronavirus?

    Published: 30/04/2020

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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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