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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George Will makes the conservative case against...
70 min
502
What deliberative democracy can, and can’t, do ...
Ezra interviews Jane Mansbridge
51 min
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Rod Dreher on America’s post-Christian culture ...
110 min
504
White threat in a browning America (Jennifer Ri...
73 min
505
Behind the panic in white, Christian America
91 min
506
An enlightening, frustrating conversation on li...
105 min
507
The cognitive cost of poverty (with Sendhil Mul...
93 min
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Failing towards Utopia
20 min
509
Why liberals and conservatives create such diff...
90 min
510
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live!)
59 min
511
This changed how I think about love (with Aliso...
93 min
512
The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
513
Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
514
How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
515
How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
516
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
517
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
518
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
519
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
520
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
521
The purpose of political violence
75 min
522
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
523
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
524
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
525
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min