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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An economic crisis like we’ve never seen
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2020-03-23
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"The virus is more patient than people are"
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2020-03-19
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A master class in organizing
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2020-03-16
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Weeds 2020: The coronavirus election
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2020-03-14
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Dan Pfeiffer on Joe Biden, beating Trump, and saving democracy
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2020-03-12
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Are you a "political hobbyist?" If so, you're the problem.
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2020-03-09
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What would a Sanders or Biden presidency look like?
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2020-03-05
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Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein, feminism, and social change
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2020-03-02
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Weeds 2020: The Bernie electability debate
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2020-02-29
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Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
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2020-02-27
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Barbara Ehrenreich on UBI, class conflict, and collective joy
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2020-02-24
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What Donald Trump got right about white America
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2020-02-20
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on my “cold, atheist book”
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2020-02-17
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If God is dead, then … socialism?
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2020-02-13
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Tim Urban on humanity’s wild future
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2020-02-10
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Jill Lepore on what I get wrong
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2020-02-06
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Is Tom Steyer the solution to our dysfunctional politics?
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2020-02-03
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Why We're Polarized, with Jamelle Bouie (live!)
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2020-01-30
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Antisemitism now, antisemitism then
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2020-01-27
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Book excerpt: A better theory of identity politics
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2020-01-23
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