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
526
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
527
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
528
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
529
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
530
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
531
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
532
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
533
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
534
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
535
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
536
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
537
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
538
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
539
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
540
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
541
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
542
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
543
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
544
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
545
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
546
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
547
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
548
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
549
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
550
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min