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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Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
627
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
628
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
629
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
630
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
631
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
632
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
633
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
634
How to disagree better
94 min
635
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
636
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
637
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
638
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
639
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
640
The Green Pill
57 min
641
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
642
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
643
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
644
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
645
Optimism about America
78 min
646
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
647
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
648
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
649
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
650
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min