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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Patrick Brown on plant-meat that bleeds and the...
42 min
652
Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong abou...
74 min
653
Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lesson...
58 min
654
Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, an...
68 min
655
Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
55 min
656
Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
63 min
657
Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
658
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
659
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
660
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
661
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min
662
Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016
91 min
663
Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing
91 min
664
Grover Norquist explains what it takes to chang...
84 min
665
Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hill...
66 min
666
David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire
82 min
667
Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics
105 min
668
Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up
68 min
669
Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat th...
72 min
670
Theda Skocpol on how political scientists think...
57 min
671
Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building...
40 min
672
How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Po...
55 min
673
Rachel Maddow on skinhead rallies, AIDS activis...
100 min