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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Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
577
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
578
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
579
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
580
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
581
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
582
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
583
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
584
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
585
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
586
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
587
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
588
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
589
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
590
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
591
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
592
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
593
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
594
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
595
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
596
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
597
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
598
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
599
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
600
How to disagree better
94 min