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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.

Episodes

Cecile Richards on Planned Parenthood, labor organizing, and the Supreme Court

07 Mar 2017

1h 15m

Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spirituality

02 Mar 2017

1h 52m

Yuval Harari, author of “Sapiens,” on AI, religion, and 60-day meditation retreats

28 Feb 2017

1h 10m

Keith Ellison: The Democratic National Committee has become the Democratic Presidential Committee, and that needs to end

17 Jan 2017

1h 4m

Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries of climate change

10 Jan 2017

1h 22m

Sarah Kliff and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare

06 Jan 2017

1h 16m

You Ask, Ezra Answers

03 Jan 2017

1h 36m

Evelyn Farkas explains the crisis in Syria and the threat of Russia

27 Dec 2016

1h 21m

Tim Wu's interesting, unusual, fascinating life

20 Dec 2016

1h 32m

Ta-Nehisi Coates: "There’s not gonna be a happy ending to this story"

14 Dec 2016

1h 44m

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rationalism, and the enlightenment

06 Dec 2016

1h 30m

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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison explores the challenges of building technology companies within highly regulated sectors, arguing that regulatory barriers often stifle innovation by preventing potential solutions from ever emerging. The conversation highlights how Stripe succeeded by simplifying payment infrastructure, a t...