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
577
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
578
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
579
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
580
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
581
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
582
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
583
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
584
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
585
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
586
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
587
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
588
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
589
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
590
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
591
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
592
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
593
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
594
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
595
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
596
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
597
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
598
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
599
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
600
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min