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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Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
552
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
553
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
554
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
555
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
556
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
557
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
558
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
559
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
560
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
561
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
562
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
563
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
564
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
565
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
566
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
567
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
568
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
569
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
570
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
571
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
572
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
573
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
574
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
575
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min