704 Episodes

  1. American politics after Christianity, with Ross Douthat

    Published: 21/03/2019

  2. Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on climate change

    Published: 18/03/2019

  3. ICYMI: Julia Galef

    Published: 14/03/2019

  4. The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan

    Published: 11/03/2019

  5. ICYMI: Paul Krugman

    Published: 7/03/2019

  6. Pop music can make you smarter

    Published: 6/03/2019

  7. Life after climate change, with David Wallace-Wells

    Published: 4/03/2019

  8. Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-for-All fast

    Published: 28/02/2019

  9. Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justice politics

    Published: 25/02/2019

  10. Why should we care about deficits?

    Published: 21/02/2019

  11. Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow

    Published: 18/02/2019

  12. Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences

    Published: 14/02/2019

  13. The core contradiction of American politics

    Published: 11/02/2019

  14. Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig

    Published: 7/02/2019

  15. The world according to Ralph Nader

    Published: 4/02/2019

  16. This conversation will change how you understand misogyny

    Published: 31/01/2019

  17. Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Friedrich

    Published: 28/01/2019

  18. Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of poverty and stress

    Published: 24/01/2019

  19. Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational

    Published: 21/01/2019

  20. Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis on campus

    Published: 17/01/2019

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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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