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