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
201
A Yellowjackets creator spills his guts
39 min
202
A scientist's case for "woo-woo"
55 min
203
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
204
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
205
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
206
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
207
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
208
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
209
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
210
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
211
The cult of toughness
61 min
212
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
213
The good life is painful
49 min
214
The father of environmental justice
45 min
215
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
216
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
217
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
218
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
219
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
220
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
221
The stories soul food tells
45 min
222
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
223
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
224
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
225
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min