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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The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
577
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
578
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
579
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
580
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
581
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
582
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
583
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
584
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
585
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
586
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
587
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
588
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
589
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
590
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
591
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
592
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
593
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
594
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
595
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
596
Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
597
Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min
598
Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
599
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min
600
TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening
66 min