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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Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
527
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
528
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
529
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
530
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
531
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
532
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
533
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
534
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
535
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
536
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
537
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
538
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
539
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
540
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
541
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
542
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
543
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
544
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
545
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
546
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
547
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
548
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
549
How to disagree better
94 min
550
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min