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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Cal Newport on doing Deep Work and escaping soc...
80 min
702
G. Willow Wilson on religion, comics, and moder...
72 min
703
Chris Hayes on the crisis of elites and the pol...
99 min
704
Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
705
Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
706
Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
707
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
708
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
709
Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
710
Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
711
Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
712
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
713
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
714
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
715
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
716
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
717
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
718
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
719
You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
720
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
721
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
722
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
723
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
724
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
725
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min