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
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Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
602
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
603
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
604
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
605
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
606
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
607
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
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You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
609
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
610
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
611
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
612
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
613
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
614
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
615
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
616
David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min
617
Deborah Tannen on gendered speech, Hillary Clin...
89 min
618
Joseph Stiglitz on broken markets, bad trade de...
66 min
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Let's talk about Hillary Clinton's policy ideas...
70 min
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Francis Fukuyama on whether America's democracy...
67 min
621
Tyler Cowen interviews Ezra Klein about politic...
73 min
622
The best conversation I’ve had about the electi...
68 min
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HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on runnin...
43 min
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Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is...
96 min
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Arlie Hochschild on how America feels to Trump ...
55 min