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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Rep. Katie Porter on how capitalism is failing
76 min
602
How Hasan Minhaj is reinventing political comedy
98 min
603
Adam Serwer on white political correctness
47 min
604
Will Storr on why you are not yourself
82 min
605
How to be a better carnivore
32 min
606
Peter Beinart on anti-Semitism in America and i...
83 min
607
Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind w...
108 min
608
The Impact: Deportation without representation
30 min
609
Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
610
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
611
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
612
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
613
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
614
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
615
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
616
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
617
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
618
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
619
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
620
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
621
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
622
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
623
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
624
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
625
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min