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
601
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
602
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
603
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
604
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
605
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
606
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
607
How to disagree better
94 min
608
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
609
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
610
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
611
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
612
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
613
The Green Pill
57 min
614
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
615
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
616
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
617
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
618
Optimism about America
78 min
619
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
620
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
621
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
622
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
623
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
624
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
625
The Sam Harris Debate
128 min