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