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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Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
577
Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
578
How Democracies Die
72 min
579
How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
580
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
581
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
582
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
583
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
584
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
585
"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
586
The case for impeachment
66 min
587
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
588
Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
589
Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
590
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
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Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
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Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
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What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
594
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
597
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era an...
82 min
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What Hillary Clinton really thinks
54 min
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Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then c...
65 min
600
From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-ri...
83 min