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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Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
602
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
603
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
604
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
605
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
606
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
607
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
608
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
609
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
610
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
611
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
612
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
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Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
614
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
615
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
616
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
617
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
618
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
619
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
620
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
621
How to disagree better
94 min
622
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
623
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
624
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
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Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min