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
176
A Yellowjackets creator spills his guts
39 min
177
A scientist's case for "woo-woo"
55 min
178
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
179
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
180
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
181
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
182
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
183
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
184
Best of: We need to talk about UFOs. Seriously.
Professor Alex Wendt tells Sean Illing why he thinks the aliens might already be here
57 min
185
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
186
The cult of toughness
61 min
187
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
188
The good life is painful
49 min
189
The father of environmental justice
45 min
190
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
191
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
192
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
193
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
194
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
195
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
196
The stories soul food tells
45 min
197
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
198
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
199
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
200
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min