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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Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
577
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
578
Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
579
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
580
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
581
How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min
582
Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Par...
76 min
583
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era an...
82 min
584
What Hillary Clinton really thinks
54 min
585
Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then c...
65 min
586
From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-ri...
83 min
587
Why prosecutors, not cops, are the keys to crim...
73 min
588
Chris Hayes on whether Trump should be removed ...
64 min
589
Sen. Michael Bennet on why this is a dismal, so...
75 min
590
What’s scary isn’t Trump’s illiberalism but Ame...
62 min
591
Julia Galef on how to argue better and change y...
88 min
592
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, the first psychologist t...
65 min
593
Eddie Izzard on World War I, cake or death, and...
65 min
594
Avik Roy and Ezra debate the Senate GOP's healt...
83 min
595
danah boyd on why fake news is so easy to believe
84 min
596
Al Franken on learning to be a politician
52 min
597
Zephyr Teachout on suing Trump, fighting corrup...
89 min
598
Masha Gessen offers a plausible Trump-Russia th...
63 min
599
Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism
63 min
600
Yascha Mounk: Is Trump’s incompetence saving us...
91 min