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