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
626
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
627
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
628
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
629
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
630
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
631
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
632
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
633
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
634
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
635
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
636
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
637
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
638
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
639
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
640
How to disagree better
94 min
641
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
642
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
643
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
644
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
645
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
646
The Green Pill
57 min
647
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
648
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
649
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
650
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min