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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Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
627
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
628
A better conversation on guns
49 min
629
This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democrat...
61 min
630
Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
59 min
631
How technology brings out the worst in us, with...
69 min
632
Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
633
Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
634
How Democracies Die
72 min
635
How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
636
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
637
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
638
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
639
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
640
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
641
"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min
642
The case for impeachment
66 min
643
What Buddhism got right about the human brain
75 min
644
Rebecca Traister on #MeToo, female rage, and An...
86 min
645
Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It...
61 min
646
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s m...
82 min
647
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
72 min
648
Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope...
41 min
649
What happens when human beings take control of ...
61 min
650
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
67 min