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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Martha C. Nussbaum on how fear deforms our poli...
54 min
652
David French on “The Great White Culture War"
89 min
653
Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey ...
62 min
654
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
655
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
656
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
657
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
658
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
659
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
660
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
661
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
662
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
663
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
664
How to disagree better
94 min
665
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
666
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
667
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
668
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
669
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
670
The Green Pill
57 min
671
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
672
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
673
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
674
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
675
Optimism about America
78 min