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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Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
552
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
553
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
554
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
555
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
556
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
557
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
558
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
559
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
560
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
561
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
562
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
563
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
564
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
565
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
566
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
567
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
568
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
569
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
570
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
571
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
572
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
573
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
574
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
575
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min