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
576
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
577
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
578
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
579
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
580
How to disagree better
94 min
581
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
582
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
583
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
584
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
585
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
586
The Green Pill
57 min
587
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
588
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
589
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
590
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
591
Optimism about America
78 min
592
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
593
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
594
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
595
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
596
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
597
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
598
The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
599
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
600
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min