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