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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How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
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Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
553
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
554
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
555
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
556
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
557
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
558
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
559
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
560
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
561
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
562
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
563
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
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David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
565
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
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Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
567
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
568
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
569
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
570
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
571
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
572
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
573
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
574
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
575
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min