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