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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Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
602
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
603
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
604
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
605
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
606
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
607
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
608
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
609
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
610
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
611
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
612
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
613
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
614
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
615
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
616
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
617
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
618
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
619
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
620
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
621
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
622
How to disagree better
94 min
623
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
624
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
625
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min