The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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.

Philosophy
Politics
News Commentary
451
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
452
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
453
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
454
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
455
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
456
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
457
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
458
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
459
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
460
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
461
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
462
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
463
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
464
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
465
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
466
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
467
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
468
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
469
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
470
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
471
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
472
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
473
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
474
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
475
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min