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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Whitney Phillips explains how Trump controls th...
106 min
627
Ask Ezra Anything
92 min
628
Presidents in crisis with Slow Burn’s Leon Neyfakh
80 min
629
Sandy Darity has a plan to close the wealth gap
47 min
630
How identity politics elected Donald Trump
94 min
631
Rep. Mark Sanford on losing the Republican Part...
60 min
632
Doris Kearns Goodwin (live!) on how great presi...
79 min
633
What Nate Silver's learned about forecasting el...
75 min
634
Jay Rosen is pessimistic about the media. So am I.
78 min
635
Why Bill Gates is worried
56 min
636
Reihan Salam makes the case against open borders
86 min
637
Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented in T...
84 min
638
Rebecca Traister: Women's rage is transforming ...
67 min
639
Patrick Deneen says liberalism has failed. Is h...
56 min
640
Francis Fukuyama’s case against identity politics
88 min
641
Carol Anderson on the myth of American democracy
52 min
642
Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
643
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
644
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
645
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
646
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
647
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
648
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
649
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
650
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min