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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Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
627
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
628
Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
629
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
630
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
631
How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min
632
Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Par...
76 min
633
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era an...
82 min
634
What Hillary Clinton really thinks
54 min
635
Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then c...
65 min
636
From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-ri...
83 min
637
Why prosecutors, not cops, are the keys to crim...
73 min
638
Chris Hayes on whether Trump should be removed ...
64 min
639
Sen. Michael Bennet on why this is a dismal, so...
75 min
640
What’s scary isn’t Trump’s illiberalism but Ame...
62 min
641
Julia Galef on how to argue better and change y...
88 min
642
Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, the first psychologist t...
65 min
643
Eddie Izzard on World War I, cake or death, and...
65 min
644
Avik Roy and Ezra debate the Senate GOP's healt...
83 min
645
danah boyd on why fake news is so easy to believe
84 min
646
Al Franken on learning to be a politician
52 min
647
Zephyr Teachout on suing Trump, fighting corrup...
89 min
648
Masha Gessen offers a plausible Trump-Russia th...
63 min
649
Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism
63 min
650
Yascha Mounk: Is Trump’s incompetence saving us...
91 min