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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Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
602
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
603
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
604
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
605
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
606
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
607
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
608
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
609
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
610
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
611
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
612
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
613
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
614
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
615
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
616
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
617
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
618
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
619
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
620
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
621
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
622
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
623
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
624
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
625
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min