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
601
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
602
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
603
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
604
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
605
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
606
The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
607
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
608
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
609
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
610
A better conversation on guns
49 min
611
This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democrat...
61 min
612
Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
59 min
613
How technology brings out the worst in us, with...
69 min
614
Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
615
Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
616
How Democracies Die
72 min
617
How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
618
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
619
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
620
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
621
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
622
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
623
"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
624
The case for impeachment
66 min
625
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min