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
627
Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
628
Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
629
Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
630
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
631
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
632
Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
633
Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
634
Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
635
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
636
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
637
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
638
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
639
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
640
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
641
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
642
You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
643
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
644
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
645
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
646
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
647
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
648
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
649
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
650
David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min