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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Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
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How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
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Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
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Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
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What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
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Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
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Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
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Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
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Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
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Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
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Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
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Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
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Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
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Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
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David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
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Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
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Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
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I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
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Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
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Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
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Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
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Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
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Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
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The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
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The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min