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
251
The rise and fall of America's monuments
45 min
252
The Philosophers: America's philosophy, with Co...
55 min
253
Why accidents aren't accidental
47 min
254
Rethinking the "end of history"
56 min
255
Anita Hill finally gets even
55 min
256
Elites have captured identity politics
52 min
257
The moral dangers of dirty work
54 min
258
Did the sexual revolution go wrong?
53 min
259
Who decides how to conserve nature?
55 min
260
The Philosophers: Loneliness and totalitarianism
58 min
261
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 4: The fut...
59 min
262
Michael Lewis on why Americans distrust experts
52 min
263
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 3: The nuc...
51 min
264
The case for regret
45 min
265
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 2: Sanctions
56 min
266
The spirituality of parenting
43 min
267
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did...
55 min
268
The Philosophers: Resisting despair
How can Albert Camus help us understand the war in Ukraine, post-pandemic life, and the absurdity of our modern world?
51 min
269
What happened to American conservatism?
55 min
270
The limits of forgiveness
46 min
271
The madness behind The Method
62 min
272
David Cross is disappointed in you guys
44 min
273
Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels
42 min
274
The conversation about guns we're not having
59 min
275
Why does middle school suck?
60 min