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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A better conversation on guns
49 min
577
This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democrat...
61 min
578
Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
59 min
579
How technology brings out the worst in us, with...
69 min
580
Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
581
Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
582
How Democracies Die
72 min
583
How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
584
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
585
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
586
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
587
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
588
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
589
"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
590
The case for impeachment
66 min
591
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
592
Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
593
Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
594
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
595
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
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Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
597
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
598
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
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How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min
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Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Par...
76 min