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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Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
677
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
678
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
679
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
680
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min
681
Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016
91 min
682
Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing
91 min
683
Grover Norquist explains what it takes to chang...
84 min
684
Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hill...
66 min
685
David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire
82 min
686
Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics
105 min
687
Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up
68 min
688
Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat th...
72 min
689
Theda Skocpol on how political scientists think...
57 min
690
Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building...
40 min
691
How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Po...
55 min
692
Rachel Maddow on skinhead rallies, AIDS activis...
100 min