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
351
What the internet took from us
53 min
352
Trapped inside with Susanna Clarke's Piranesi
43 min
353
Bryan Stevenson on the legacy of enslavement
57 min
354
What's your status?
51 min
355
Is there a hack for enlightenment?
59 min
356
Fighting a world on fire with fire
56 min
357
Revolutionary Love
51 min
358
How to make meaning out of suffering
52 min
359
Ken Burns's latest on The Greatest
62 min
360
The road from 9/11 to Donald Trump
62 min
361
Rep. Pramila Jayapal on immigrants and America ...
45 min
362
Why America's obsession with rights is wrong
52 min
363
The news is by — and for — rich, white liberals
57 min
364
Clint Smith III on confronting the legacy of sl...
55 min
365
Was the cruelty the point?
55 min
366
How seashells shaped the world — and predict ou...
52 min
367
Bill Maher on free speech, comedy, and his haters
45 min
368
Robert Reich wants you to take on the system
48 min
369
Marty Baron on the future of news
49 min
370
The death of cool
43 min
371
We need to talk about UFOs. Seriously.
Professor Alex Wendt tells Sean Illing why he thinks the aliens might already be here
57 min
372
Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor
District attorney Larry Krasner talks about his reform agenda, rising gun violence, and how to take on the system
49 min
373
Fareed Zakaria on the fate of democracy
65 min
374
Jane Goodall on the power of hope
The world's foremost expert on chimps wants us to remember we're animals, too
56 min
375
Why we love drugs
Michael Pollan on humans, plants, and the coming psychedelic revolution
58 min