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