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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Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
552
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
553
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
554
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
555
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
556
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
557
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
558
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
559
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
560
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
561
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
562
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
563
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
564
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
565
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
566
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
567
How to disagree better
94 min
568
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
569
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
570
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
571
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
572
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
573
The Green Pill
57 min
574
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
575
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min