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 identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
577
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
578
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
579
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
580
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
581
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
582
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
583
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
584
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
585
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
586
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
587
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
588
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
589
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
590
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
591
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
592
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
593
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
594
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
595
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
596
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
597
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
598
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
599
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
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What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min