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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Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
627
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
628
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
629
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
630
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
631
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
632
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
633
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
634
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
635
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
636
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
637
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
638
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
639
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
640
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
641
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
642
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
643
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
644
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
645
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
646
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
647
How to disagree better
94 min
648
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
649
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
650
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min