704 Episodes

  1. Steve Bannon is still at war

    Published: 11/07/2022

  2. The Fortress of Solitude saw it all coming

    Published: 30/06/2022

  3. The Philosophers: Stoic revival

    Published: 27/06/2022

  4. Station Eleven's creator on the end of the world

    Published: 23/06/2022

  5. The racist origins of fat phobia

    Published: 16/06/2022

  6. The fight for Ukraine — and democracy

    Published: 13/06/2022

  7. The war on trans people

    Published: 9/06/2022

  8. Michael Ian Black on being a better man

    Published: 6/06/2022

  9. Carmen Maria Machado's haunted feminine

    Published: 2/06/2022

  10. The rise and fall of America's monuments

    Published: 26/05/2022

  11. The Philosophers: America's philosophy, with Cornel West

    Published: 23/05/2022

  12. Why accidents aren't accidental

    Published: 19/05/2022

  13. Rethinking the "end of history"

    Published: 16/05/2022

  14. Anita Hill finally gets even

    Published: 12/05/2022

  15. Elites have captured identity politics

    Published: 9/05/2022

  16. The moral dangers of dirty work

    Published: 5/05/2022

  17. Did the sexual revolution go wrong?

    Published: 2/05/2022

  18. Who decides how to conserve nature?

    Published: 28/04/2022

  19. The Philosophers: Loneliness and totalitarianism

    Published: 25/04/2022

  20. The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 4: The future of Europe

    Published: 21/04/2022

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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.

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