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