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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Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
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Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
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Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
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Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min
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Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
606
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min
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TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening
66 min
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Rep. Katie Porter on how capitalism is failing
76 min
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How Hasan Minhaj is reinventing political comedy
98 min
610
Adam Serwer on white political correctness
47 min
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Will Storr on why you are not yourself
82 min
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How to be a better carnivore
32 min
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Peter Beinart on anti-Semitism in America and i...
83 min
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Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind w...
108 min
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The Impact: Deportation without representation
30 min
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Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
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Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
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Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
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Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
620
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
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How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
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Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
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Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
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What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
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Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min