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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Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
552
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
553
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
554
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
555
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
556
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
557
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
558
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
559
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
560
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
561
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
562
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
563
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
564
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
565
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
566
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
567
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
568
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
569
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
570
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
571
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
572
How to disagree better
94 min
573
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
574
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
575
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min