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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Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong abou...
74 min
702
Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lesson...
58 min
703
Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, an...
68 min
704
Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
55 min
705
Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
63 min
706
Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
707
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
708
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
709
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
710
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min
711
Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016
91 min
712
Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing
91 min
713
Grover Norquist explains what it takes to chang...
84 min
714
Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hill...
66 min
715
David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire
82 min
716
Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics
105 min
717
Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up
68 min
718
Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat th...
72 min
719
Theda Skocpol on how political scientists think...
57 min
720
Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building...
40 min
721
How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Po...
55 min
722
Rachel Maddow on skinhead rallies, AIDS activis...
100 min