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
576
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
577
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
578
How to disagree better
94 min
579
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
580
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
581
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
582
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
583
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
584
The Green Pill
57 min
585
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
586
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
587
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
588
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
589
Optimism about America
78 min
590
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
591
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
592
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
593
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
594
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
595
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
596
The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
597
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
598
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
599
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
600
A better conversation on guns
49 min