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
326
Patricia Lockwood's big, beautiful internet brain
51 min
327
Who is the real George Soros?
53 min
328
Introducing Unexplainable
A new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know.
26 min
329
The border, explained by someone who knows it i...
51 min
330
"Wintering," wisdom, and weathering life's dark...
62 min
331
Reframing America's race problem
49 min
332
Who owns the Western?
45 min
333
A Watchmen writer on race, TV, and tech giants
52 min
334
Uncovering the history of psychedelics in Chris...
48 min
335
Biden's immigration architect on racism, reform...
58 min
336
The Capitol Siege and American Revolution
41 min
337
Why fascism in Post-Trump America isn't going away
Vox's Sean Illing and Yale professor Jason Stanley discuss why American democracy provides such fertile soil for fascism
40 min
338
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
339
What it means to be a "good" rich person
Exploring the anxieties of wealthy people and their desire to be seen as "middle class."
46 min
340
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
341
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
342
Best of: We don’t just feel emotions. We make t...
A mind-blowing conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett on how emotion is made
90 min
343
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
344
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
345
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
346
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
347
What I’ve learned, and what comes next.
Ezra reflects on his time with Vox, what he's learned, and what comes next.
38 min
348
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
349
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
350
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min