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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An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
527
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
528
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
529
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
530
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
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American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
532
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
533
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
534
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
535
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
536
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
537
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
538
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
539
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
540
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
541
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
542
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
543
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
544
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
545
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
546
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
547
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
548
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
549
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
550
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min