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
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
527
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
528
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
529
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
530
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
531
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
532
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
533
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
534
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
535
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
536
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
537
How to disagree better
94 min
538
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
539
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
540
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
541
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
542
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
543
The Green Pill
57 min
544
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
545
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
546
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
547
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
548
Optimism about America
78 min
549
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
550
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min