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