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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Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
577
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
578
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
579
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
580
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
581
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
582
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
583
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
584
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
585
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
586
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
587
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
588
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
589
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
590
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
591
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
592
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
593
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
594
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
595
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
596
How to disagree better
94 min
597
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
598
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
599
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
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Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min