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