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.

Philosophy
Politics
News Commentary
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White threat in a browning America (Jennifer Ri...
73 min
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Behind the panic in white, Christian America
91 min
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An enlightening, frustrating conversation on li...
105 min
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The cognitive cost of poverty (with Sendhil Mul...
93 min
505
Failing towards Utopia
20 min
506
Why liberals and conservatives create such diff...
90 min
507
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live!)
59 min
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This changed how I think about love (with Aliso...
93 min
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The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
510
Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
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How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
512
How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
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Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
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The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
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Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
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What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
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Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
518
The purpose of political violence
75 min
519
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
520
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
521
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
522
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
523
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
524
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
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In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min