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
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Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
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Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
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Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
655
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
656
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
657
Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
658
Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
659
Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
660
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
661
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
662
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
663
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
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Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
665
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
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Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
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You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
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Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
669
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
670
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
671
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
672
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
673
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
674
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
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David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min