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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Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is health
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2016-09-20
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Arlie Hochschild on how America feels to Trump supporters
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2016-09-13
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Stewart Butterfield on creating Slack, learning from games, and finding your online identity
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2016-09-06
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W. Kamau Bell on the lessons of parenthood, Twitter, and fame
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2016-08-30
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Malcolm Gladwell on the danger of joining consensus opinions
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2016-08-23
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Grant Gordon on studying the world's worst conflicts
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2016-08-16
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Melissa Bell on starting Vox, managing media, and connecting newsrooms
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2016-08-09
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Atul Gawande on surgery, writing, Obamacare, and indie music
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2016-08-02
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Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show
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2016-07-26
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Conservative intellectual Yuval Levin on how the Republican Party lost its way
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2016-07-19
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Hillary Clinton. Yes, that Hillary Clinton.
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2016-07-12
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Patrick Brown on plant-meat that bleeds and the science of flavor
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2016-07-05
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Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong about racism
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2016-06-28
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Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lessons, and interrogating strangers
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2016-06-21
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Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, and modern feminism
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2016-06-14
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Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
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2016-06-07
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Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
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2016-05-31
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Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing political correctness, and Donald Trump
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2016-05-24
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Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
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2016-05-17
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Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social media
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2016-05-10
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