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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Al Franken on learning to be a politician
52 min
577
Zephyr Teachout on suing Trump, fighting corrup...
89 min
578
Masha Gessen offers a plausible Trump-Russia th...
63 min
579
Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism
63 min
580
Yascha Mounk: Is Trump’s incompetence saving us...
91 min
581
Bryan Stevenson on why the opposite of poverty ...
89 min
582
Death, Sex, and Money’s Anna Sale on bringing e...
50 min
583
Cory Booker returns, live, to talk trust, Trump...
67 min
584
VC Bill Gurley on transforming health care
69 min
585
Elizabeth Warren on what Barack Obama got wrong
43 min
586
Cal Newport on doing Deep Work and escaping soc...
80 min
587
G. Willow Wilson on religion, comics, and moder...
72 min
588
Chris Hayes on the crisis of elites and the pol...
99 min
589
Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
590
Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
591
Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
592
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
593
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
594
Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
595
Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
596
Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
597
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
598
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
599
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
600
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min