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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Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
652
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
653
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
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Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
655
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
656
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
657
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
658
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
659
How to disagree better
94 min
660
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
661
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
662
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
663
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
664
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
665
The Green Pill
57 min
666
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
667
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
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Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
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A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
670
Optimism about America
78 min
671
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
672
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
673
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
674
Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
675
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min