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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Optimism about America
78 min
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The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
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The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
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Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min
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Special episode: The Syrian conflict, explained...
57 min
656
Is modern society making us depressed?
87 min
657
Carol Anderson on White Rage and Donald Trump
91 min
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The Sam Harris Debate
128 min
659
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and...
46 min
660
Is Mitch Landrieu the "White, Southern Anti-Tru...
80 min
661
Melinda Gates (live!) on stopping climate chang...
50 min
662
A better conversation on guns
49 min
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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
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How technology brings out the worst in us, with...
69 min
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Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this t...
65 min
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Why my politics are bad with Bhaskar Sunkara
71 min
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How Democracies Die
72 min
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How to oppose Trump without becoming more like him
69 min
670
You will love this conversation with Jaron Lani...
95 min
671
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had on Tr...
73 min
672
Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on Trump’s first...
58 min
673
The inside story of Doug Jones’s win in Alabama
59 min
674
What life is like in North Korea
46 min
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"An orgy of serious policy discussion" with Pau...
93 min