The Gray Area with Sean Illing
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. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor
District attorney Larry Krasner talks about his reform agenda, rising gun violence, and how to take on the system
49 min
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Fareed Zakaria on the fate of democracy
65 min
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Jane Goodall on the power of hope
The world's foremost expert on chimps wants us to remember we're animals, too
56 min
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Why we love drugs
Michael Pollan on humans, plants, and the coming psychedelic revolution
58 min
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The rugged majesty of revision
Jamil Smith in conversation with author Kiese Laymon on revision, restoration, and repair
54 min
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How to forgive
53 min
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What makes a great conversation?
Hosts Sean Illing and Jamil Smith introduce themselves and reintroduce Vox Conversations, a podcast exploring big ideas and hard questions together with bright minds and deep thinkers.
21 min
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Introducing: Now & Then
A new history podcast from CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network
57 min
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The science of dating
52 min
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Honoring Juneteenth with Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi on racism, systemic change, and whether an antiracist America is even possible
47 min
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Digital dictatorship
54 min
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The man who proposed reparations in the 1860s
Abe Lincoln's forgotten abolitionist ally
62 min
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What pandemic recovery should look like
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The gift of getting old
52 min
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Freedom, and what it means to have a body
50 min
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Why are we so worried about Satan?
58 min
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How to be wrong less often
48 min
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The complicated history of wildlife conservation
What can the past tell us about the future of fighting extinction?
65 min
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How to replace everything in the industrialized...
58 min
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Patricia Lockwood's big, beautiful internet brain
51 min
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Who is the real George Soros?
53 min
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Introducing Unexplainable
A new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know.
26 min
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The border, explained by someone who knows it i...
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"Wintering," wisdom, and weathering life's dark...
62 min
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Reframing America's race problem
49 min