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 256: Julián Castro's quiet moral radicalism
Why Julián Castro wants to decriminalize migration, admit climate refugees, reimagine our relationship with the homeless, and protect animals.
episode 255: Political animals (with Leah Garcés)
Leah Garcés and Ezra Klein discuss how building coalitions with unlikely allies may just be the key to reducing animal suffering
episode 254: John McWhorter thinks we're getting racism wrong
John McWhorter and Jane Coaston discuss the limits of third-wave antiracism
episode 253: The rocky marriage between libertarians and conservatives
Jane Coaston and Conor Friedersdorf discuss the future of the GOP in Trump's America
episode 252: A mind-bending, reality-warping conversation with John Higgs
What psychedelics, burning money, and postmodernism have in common
episode 251: Jia Tolentino on what happens when life is an endless performance
Ezra Klein and Jia Tolentino discuss how the Internet distorts identities, cheapens solidarity, and erodes morality
episode 250: The original meaning of “identity politics” (with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor)
Ezra Klein and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor discuss the origins of identity politics and the future of Black liberation
episode 249: Are bosses dictators? (with Elizabeth Anderson)
Elizabeth Anderson sits down with Ezra Klein to discuss workplace tyranny, the power of ideology, and a vision for a more democratic society
episode 248: The Constitution is a progressive document
Gerrymandering, constitutionalism, and the future of the Supreme Court