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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How to disagree better
94 min
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Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
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The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
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The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
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Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
656
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
657
The Green Pill
57 min
658
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
659
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
660
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
661
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
662
Optimism about America
78 min
663
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
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The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
665
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
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Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
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Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
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Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
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The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
670
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
671
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
672
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
673
A better conversation on guns
49 min
674
This isn’t Joe Kennedy’s grandfather’s Democrat...
61 min
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Amy Chua on how tribalism is tearing America apart
59 min