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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How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
627
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
628
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
629
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
630
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
631
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
632
"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
633
The case for impeachment
66 min
634
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
635
Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
636
Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
637
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
638
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
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Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
640
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
641
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min
642
How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
105 min
643
Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Par...
76 min
644
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era an...
82 min
645
What Hillary Clinton really thinks
54 min
646
Dan Rather thought he'd seen it all. But then c...
65 min
647
From 4Chan to Charlottesville: where the alt-ri...
83 min
648
Why prosecutors, not cops, are the keys to crim...
73 min
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Chris Hayes on whether Trump should be removed ...
64 min
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Sen. Michael Bennet on why this is a dismal, so...
75 min