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