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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Book excerpt: A better theory of identity politics
A special preview of Ezra's book; Why We're Polarized.
58 min
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The war on Muslims (with Mehdi Hasan)
Mehdi Hasan on the rise of global Islamophobia
85 min
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Post-debate special!
Matt Yglesias and I unpack the debate that did, and didn't happen.
54 min
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An “uncomfortable” conversation with Cory Booker
Cory Booker is one of most promising candidates in the 2020 Democratic field. So, why is his campaign struggling?
88 min
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The conservative mind of Yuval Levin
The AEI scholar discusses human nature, the conservative movement, and the case against socialism
75 min
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How an epidemic begins and ends
A preview of season 3 of Vox's The Impact
37 min
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Nathan Robinson’s case for socialism
The editor of Current Affairs discusses Bernie Sanders, libertarian socialism, utopian thinking and more
97 min
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How to topple dictators and transform society (...
Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth on why nonviolent resistance succeeds -- and fails
47 min
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Ask Ezra Anything
Ezra answers listener questions about free will, polarization, capitalism, Twitter and more
88 min
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Best of: Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
Anne Helen Petersen and Derek Thompson on what happens when work becomes an identity, and capitalism becomes a religion.
77 min
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Republicans vs. the planet
Vox's Dave Roberts on the politics of climate change
97 min
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The geoengineering question
Jane Flegal on the idea that could shatter the link between emissions and global warming
71 min
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How to solve climate change and make life more ...
Entrepreneur Saul Griffith on why we have all the tools we need to fix climate change
91 min
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Paul Krugman on climate, robots, single-payer, ...
The Nobel-prize winning economist explains it all
84 min
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The moral philosophy of The Good Place (with Mi...
The geniuses behind TV's most philosophically-inclined sitcom discuss what it means to be a good person
99 min
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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.
99 min
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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".
73 min
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Best of: The age of "mega-identity" politics
A conversation with Lilliana Mason about identity politics
75 min
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Because podcast
Gretchen McCulloch on how the internet revolutionized language
77 min
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There’s more to life than profit
Yancey Strickler on climate change, founding Kickstarter and the perils of profit
89 min
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Having a bad day? Dave Eggers can help.
Dave Eggers and I discuss satire, the Trump presidency and the importance of disconnecting.
80 min
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How Whole Foods, yoga, and NPR became the hallm...
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Ezra Klein discuss why today’s rich are far less materialistic, but a far greater threat to equality
68 min
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How social media makes us antisocial
Andrew Marantz explains the symbiotic relationship between social media platforms and the alt-right
89 min
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ICYMI: Edward Norton’s theory of mind, movies, ...
107 min
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Introducing Reset
Arielle Duhaime-Ross hosts Reset - the new tech podcast from Recode.
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