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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Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism
63 min
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Yascha Mounk: Is Trump’s incompetence saving us...
91 min
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Bryan Stevenson on why the opposite of poverty ...
89 min
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Death, Sex, and Money’s Anna Sale on bringing e...
50 min
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Cory Booker returns, live, to talk trust, Trump...
67 min
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VC Bill Gurley on transforming health care
69 min
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Elizabeth Warren on what Barack Obama got wrong
43 min
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Cal Newport on doing Deep Work and escaping soc...
80 min
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G. Willow Wilson on religion, comics, and moder...
72 min
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Chris Hayes on the crisis of elites and the pol...
99 min
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Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
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Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
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Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
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Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
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Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
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Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
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Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
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Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
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Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
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David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
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Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
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JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
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Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
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Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
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Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min