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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ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
552
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
553
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
554
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
555
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
556
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
557
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
558
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
559
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
560
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
561
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
562
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
563
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
564
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
565
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
566
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
567
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
568
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
569
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
570
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
571
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
572
Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
573
Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min
574
Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
575
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min