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