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