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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 32 days 6 hours 11 minutes
episode 371: The case for Trump’s foreign policy
Rebeccah Heinrichs on great power competition, China, and how Trump sees the world
episode 370: Fareed Zakaria on how Biden and Trump see the world
The scholar and pundit discusses China, American exceptionalism, and foreign policy
episode 369: How a climate bill becomes a reality
How to craft a climate bill that will actually work
episode 367: A dark, dangerous debate
In a special, post-debate episode, I'm joined by Matt Yglesias to discuss the most unnerving presidential debate I've ever seen.
episode 366: A radical — or obvious? — plan to save American democracy
Lee Drutman's case against America's two party system
episode 365: RBG, minority rule, and our looming legitimacy crisis
Political scientist Suzanne Mettler on whether American democracy will survive 2020
episode 364: David French and I debate polarization, secession, and the filibuster
Competing paths to solve our polarization crisis
episode 363: The Matt Yglesias Show
Vox's Matt Yglesias on Twitter, climate change, and one billion Americans
episode 362: Race, policing, and the universal yearning for safety
Our conversation over race and policing — like our conversations over virtually everything in America — is shot through with a crude individualism. Talking in terms of systems and contexts comes less naturally to us, but that means we often miss the true story. Phillip Atiba Goff is the co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, as well as a professor of African-American studies and psychology at Yale University...