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