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
276
Rethinking the "end of history"
56 min
277
Anita Hill finally gets even
55 min
278
Elites have captured identity politics
52 min
279
The moral dangers of dirty work
54 min
280
Did the sexual revolution go wrong?
53 min
281
Who decides how to conserve nature?
55 min
282
The Philosophers: Loneliness and totalitarianism
58 min
283
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 4: The fut...
59 min
284
Michael Lewis on why Americans distrust experts
52 min
285
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 3: The nuc...
51 min
286
The case for regret
45 min
287
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 2: Sanctions
56 min
288
The spirituality of parenting
43 min
289
The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did...
55 min
290
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
291
What happened to American conservatism?
55 min
292
The limits of forgiveness
46 min
293
The madness behind The Method
62 min
294
David Cross is disappointed in you guys
44 min
295
Author Kiley Reid on why we read novels
42 min
296
The conversation about guns we're not having
59 min
297
Why does middle school suck?
60 min
298
Russia's war with Ukraine — and reality
33 min
299
Robert Glasper on why Black Radio is back
The 4-time Grammy winner is creating a new genre of music
51 min
300
Could we lose delicious foods forever?
60 min