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
226
Steve Bannon is still at war
45 min
227
The Fortress of Solitude saw it all coming
Constance Grady talks with author Jonathan Lethem about his prescient 2003 novel
34 min
228
The Philosophers: Stoic revival
59 min
229
Station Eleven's creator on the end of the world
Showrunner Patrick Somerville on why hope is necessary for survival
47 min
230
The racist origins of fat phobia
49 min
231
The fight for Ukraine — and democracy
49 min
232
The war on trans people
49 min
233
Michael Ian Black on being a better man
50 min
234
Carmen Maria Machado's haunted feminine
36 min
235
The rise and fall of America's monuments
45 min
236
The Philosophers: America's philosophy, with Co...
55 min
237
Why accidents aren't accidental
47 min
238
Rethinking the "end of history"
56 min
239
Anita Hill finally gets even
55 min
240
Elites have captured identity politics
52 min
241
The moral dangers of dirty work
54 min
242
Did the sexual revolution go wrong?
53 min
243
Who decides how to conserve nature?
55 min
244
The Philosophers: Loneliness and totalitarianism
58 min
245
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 4: The fut...
59 min
246
Michael Lewis on why Americans distrust experts
52 min
247
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 3: The nuc...
51 min
248
The case for regret
45 min
249
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 2: Sanctions
56 min
250
The spirituality of parenting
43 min