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