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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This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
602
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
603
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
604
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
605
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
606
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
607
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
608
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
609
Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
610
Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min
611
Best-of: Bryan Stevenson
89 min
612
Kara Swisher interviews me on the Future of Jou...
90 min
613
TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening
66 min
614
Rep. Katie Porter on how capitalism is failing
76 min
615
How Hasan Minhaj is reinventing political comedy
98 min
616
Adam Serwer on white political correctness
47 min
617
Will Storr on why you are not yourself
82 min
618
How to be a better carnivore
32 min
619
Peter Beinart on anti-Semitism in America and i...
83 min
620
Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind w...
108 min
621
The Impact: Deportation without representation
30 min
622
Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
623
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
624
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
625
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min