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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Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
627
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
628
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
629
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
630
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
631
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
632
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
633
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
634
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
635
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
636
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
637
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
638
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
639
How to disagree better
94 min
640
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
641
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
642
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
643
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
644
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
645
The Green Pill
57 min
646
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
647
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
648
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
649
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
650
Optimism about America
78 min