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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Tyler Cowen explains it all
91 min
702
Molly Ball on whether facts matter in politics
73 min
703
Denis McDonough on how to run the White House
78 min
704
Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor or...
72 min
705
Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spi...
108 min
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Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, relig...
67 min
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Elizabeth Drew covered Watergate. Here's what s...
68 min
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Avik Roy on why conservatives need to embrace d...
88 min
709
Kara Swisher gives a master class on reporting ...
95 min
710
David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis
46 min
711
Jennifer Lawless on why you — yes, you — should...
61 min
712
JD Vance: the reluctant interpreter of Trumpism
100 min
713
Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committe...
60 min
714
Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries ...
78 min
715
Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obam...
72 min
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You Ask, Ezra Answers
93 min
717
Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and ...
77 min
718
Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life
89 min
719
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy...
100 min
720
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rati...
87 min
721
Award-winning chef José Andrés on cooking, crea...
86 min
722
Heather McGhee returns to talk Trump, race, and...
59 min
723
Ron Brownstein: Clinton didn’t lose because of ...
63 min
724
David Frum on the 2016 election, and the long d...
92 min
725
Deborah Tannen on gendered speech, Hillary Clin...
89 min