The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary Issue

Bono

In his interview with Anthony DeCurtis, the U2 leader discusses what he imagined the future would look like when he was a kid in Ireland, whether he's optimistic about the future and his pursuit of hard-headed idealism. In this audio clip, Bono grapples with a difficult question: If you could only pursue U2 or activism, which would it be?

Eli Pariser

The executive director of MoveOn.org sat down with Ben Wallace-Wells to discuss the biggest threat against democracy, introducing MoveOn when he was only twenty and the important role technology now plays in politics. In this audio excerpt, Pariser talks about why he started his organization, and what he feels was the most pivotal political moment of the past decade.