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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Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
527
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min
528
TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening
66 min
529
Rep. Katie Porter on how capitalism is failing
76 min
530
How Hasan Minhaj is reinventing political comedy
98 min
531
Adam Serwer on white political correctness
47 min
532
Will Storr on why you are not yourself
82 min
533
How to be a better carnivore
32 min
534
Peter Beinart on anti-Semitism in America and i...
83 min
535
Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind w...
108 min
536
The Impact: Deportation without representation
30 min
537
Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
538
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
539
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
540
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
541
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
542
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
543
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
544
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
545
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
546
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
547
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
548
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
549
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
550
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min