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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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
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Failing towards Utopia
20 min
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Why liberals and conservatives create such diff...
90 min
506
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live!)
59 min
507
This changed how I think about love (with Aliso...
93 min
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The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
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Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
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How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
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How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
512
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
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The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
514
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
515
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
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Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
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The purpose of political violence
75 min
518
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
519
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
520
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
521
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
522
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
523
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
524
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
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Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min