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
476
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
477
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
478
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
479
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
480
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
481
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
482
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
483
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
484
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
485
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
486
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
487
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
488
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
489
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
490
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
491
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
492
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
493
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
494
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
495
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
496
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
497
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
498
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
499
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
500
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min