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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The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
602
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
603
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
604
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
605
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
606
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
607
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
608
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
609
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
610
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
611
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
612
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
613
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
614
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
615
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
616
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
617
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
618
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
619
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
620
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
621
Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
622
Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min
623
Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
624
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min
625
TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening
66 min