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