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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Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
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A better conversation on guns
49 min
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This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democrat...
61 min
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Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
59 min
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How technology brings out the worst in us, with...
69 min
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Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
632
Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
633
How Democracies Die
72 min
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How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
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You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
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The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
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Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
638
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
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What life is like in North Korea
46 min
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"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
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The case for impeachment
66 min
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What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
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Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
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Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
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Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
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Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
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Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
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What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
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How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min