704 Episodes

  1. Bill Gates’s vision for life beyond coronavirus

    Published: 27/04/2020

  2. An epic conversation with Madeline Miller

    Published: 23/04/2020

  3. The loneliness pandemic/Betraying “essential workers”

    Published: 20/04/2020

  4. Why Bernie Sanders lost and how progressives can still win

    Published: 16/04/2020

  5. Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing

    Published: 13/04/2020

  6. Toby Ord on existential risk, Donald Trump, and thinking in probabilities

    Published: 9/04/2020

  7. Elizabeth Warren has a plan for this, too

    Published: 6/04/2020

  8. What social solidarity demands of us in a pandemic

    Published: 2/04/2020

  9. Coronavirus has pushed US-China relations to their worst point since Mao

    Published: 30/03/2020

  10. Is the cure worse than the disease?

    Published: 26/03/2020

  11. An economic crisis like we’ve never seen

    Published: 23/03/2020

  12. "The virus is more patient than people are"

    Published: 19/03/2020

  13. A master class in organizing

    Published: 16/03/2020

  14. Weeds 2020: The coronavirus election

    Published: 14/03/2020

  15. Dan Pfeiffer on Joe Biden, beating Trump, and saving democracy

    Published: 12/03/2020

  16. Are you a "political hobbyist?" If so, you're the problem.

    Published: 9/03/2020

  17. What would a Sanders or Biden presidency look like?

    Published: 5/03/2020

  18. Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, feminism, and social change

    Published: 2/03/2020

  19. Weeds 2020: The Bernie electability debate

    Published: 29/02/2020

  20. Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry

    Published: 27/02/2020

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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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