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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Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
577
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
578
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
579
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
580
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
581
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
582
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
583
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
584
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
585
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
586
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
587
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
588
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
589
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
590
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
591
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
592
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
593
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
594
How to disagree better
94 min
595
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
596
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
597
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
598
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
599
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
600
The Green Pill
57 min