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
601
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
602
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
603
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
604
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
605
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
606
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
607
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
608
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
609
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
610
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
611
How to disagree better
94 min
612
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
613
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
614
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
615
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
616
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
617
The Green Pill
57 min
618
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
619
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
620
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
621
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
622
Optimism about America
78 min
623
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
624
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
625
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min