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