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