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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The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
602
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
603
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
604
How to disagree better
94 min
605
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
606
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
607
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
608
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
609
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
610
The Green Pill
57 min
611
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
612
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
613
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
614
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
615
Optimism about America
78 min
616
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
617
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
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Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
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Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
620
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
621
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
622
The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
623
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
624
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
625
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min