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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Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
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Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
603
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
604
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
605
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
606
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
607
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
608
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
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You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
610
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
611
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
612
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
613
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
614
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
615
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
616
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
617
David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min
618
Deborah Tannen on gendered speech, Hillary Clin...
89 min
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Joseph Stiglitz on broken markets, bad trade de...
66 min
620
Let's talk about Hillary Clinton's policy ideas...
70 min
621
Francis Fukuyama on whether America's democracy...
67 min
622
Tyler Cowen interviews Ezra Klein about politic...
73 min
623
The best conversation I’ve had about the electi...
68 min
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HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on runnin...
43 min
625
Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is...
96 min