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