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 5 hours 17 minutes
episode 283: How to solve climate change and make life more awesome
Entrepreneur Saul Griffith on why we have all the tools we need to fix climate change
episode 282: Paul Krugman on climate, robots, single-payer, and so much more
The Nobel-prize winning economist explains it all
episode 281: The moral philosophy of The Good Place (with Mike Schur and Pamela Hieronymi)
The geniuses behind TV's most philosophically-inclined sitcom discuss what it means to be a good person
episode 280: When doing the right thing makes you a criminal
Direct Action Everywhere co-founder Wayne Hsiung explains why he decided to risk his freedom to expose extreme injustice.
episode 279: Peter Singer on the lives you can save
Ezra chats with Peter Singer about the re-release of his book "The Life You Can Save".
episode 278: Best of: The age of "mega-identity" politics
A conversation with Lilliana Mason about identity politics
episode 276: There’s more to life than profit
Yancey Strickler on climate change, founding Kickstarter and the perils of profit
episode 275: Having a bad day? Dave Eggers can help.
Dave Eggers and I discuss satire, the Trump presidency and the importance of disconnecting.
episode 274: How Whole Foods, yoga, and NPR became the hallmarks of the elite
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Ezra Klein discuss why today’s rich are far less materialistic, but a far greater threat to equality