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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Chris Hayes on the crisis of elites and the pol...
99 min
602
Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
603
Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
604
Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
605
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
606
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
607
Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
608
Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
609
Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
610
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
611
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
612
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
613
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
614
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
615
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
616
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
617
You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
618
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
619
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
620
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
621
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
622
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
623
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
624
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
625
David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min