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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Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Trump"?
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2018-03-26
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Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate change, ending malaria, and the problems money can’t solve
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2018-03-19
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A better conversation on guns
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2018-03-12
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This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democratic Party, and he knows it
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2018-03-05
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Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
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2018-02-26
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How technology brings out the worst in us, with Tristan Harris
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2018-02-19
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Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this the best moment in human history
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2018-02-12
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Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
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2018-02-05
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How Democracies Die
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2018-01-29
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How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
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2018-01-22
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You will love this conversation with Jaron Lanier, but I can’t describe it
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2018-01-15
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The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Trump and Russia
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2018-01-08
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Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first year, the GOP’s “rot,” and the left’s failures
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2018-01-02
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The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
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2017-12-25
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What life is like in North Korea
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2017-12-18
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"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Paul Krugman
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2017-12-11
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The case for impeachment
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2017-12-04
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What Buddhism got right about the human brain
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2017-11-27
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Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and Anita Hill’s legacy
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2017-11-20
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Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It’s caring humans.
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2017-11-13
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