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Sean Illing

Interviews writer and host of The Gray Area

Sean Illing the host of The Gray Area podcast. Before publishing things on the Internet, he taught politics and philosophy at a university. Before that, he served in the United States Air Force.

Neil deGrasse Tyson gets political

By Sean Illing October 13

A GOP insider on the Republicans who knew Trump was dangerous — and went MAGA anyway

By Sean Illing October 4

What we get wrong about being in love

By Sean Illing September 30

Do we ask too much of parents?

By Sean Illing September 25

The profound pessimism of Clarence Thomas

By Sean Illing September 20

Want to be happy? Don’t follow your gut.

By Sean Illing September 7

How capitalism ensnared some of its radical critics

By Sean Illing August 14

How to save democracy from the Supreme Court

By Sean Illing August 5

Free speech is essential for democracy. Could it also be democracy’s downfall?

By Sean Illing July 31

What keeping secrets does to you

By Sean Illing July 24

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