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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A scientist's case for "woo-woo"
55 min
177
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
178
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
179
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
180
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
181
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
182
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
183
Best of: We need to talk about UFOs. Seriously.
Professor Alex Wendt tells Sean Illing why he thinks the aliens might already be here
57 min
184
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
185
The cult of toughness
61 min
186
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
187
The good life is painful
49 min
188
The father of environmental justice
45 min
189
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
190
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
191
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
192
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
193
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
194
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
195
The stories soul food tells
45 min
196
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
197
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
198
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
199
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min
200
How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation p...
52 min