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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What life is like in North Korea
46 min
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"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
603
The case for impeachment
66 min
604
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
605
Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
606
Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
607
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
608
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
609
Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
610
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
611
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
612
How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min
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Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Par...
76 min
614
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era an...
82 min
615
What Hillary Clinton really thinks
54 min
616
Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then c...
65 min
617
From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-ri...
83 min
618
Why prosecutors, not cops, are the keys to crim...
73 min
619
Chris Hayes on whether Trump should be removed ...
64 min
620
Sen. Michael Bennet on why this is a dismal, so...
75 min
621
What’s scary isn’t Trump’s illiberalism but Ame...
62 min
622
Julia Galef on how to argue better and change y...
88 min
623
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, the first psychologist t...
65 min
624
Eddie Izzard on World War I, cake or death, and...
65 min
625
Avik Roy and Ezra debate the Senate GOP's healt...
83 min