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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Molly Ball on Nancy Pelosi’s future and Paul Ry...
59 min
602
Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
603
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
604
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
605
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
606
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
607
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
608
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
609
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
610
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
611
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
612
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
613
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
614
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
615
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
616
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
617
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
618
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
619
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
620
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
621
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
622
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
623
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
624
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
625
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min