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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Peter Beinart on anti-Semitism in America and i...
83 min
602
Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind w...
108 min
603
The Impact: Deportation without representation
30 min
604
Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
605
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
606
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
607
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
608
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
609
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
610
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
611
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
612
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
613
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
614
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
615
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
616
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
617
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
618
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
619
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
620
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
621
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
622
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
623
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
624
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
625
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min