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