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