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