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