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
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
577
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
578
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
579
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
580
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
581
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
582
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
583
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
584
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
585
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
586
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
587
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
588
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
589
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
590
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
591
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
592
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
593
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
594
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
595
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
596
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
597
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
598
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
599
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
600
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min