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
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
352
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
353
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
354
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
355
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
356
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
357
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
358
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
359
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
360
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
361
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
362
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
363
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min
364
Joe Biden and "the new progressivism"
58 min
365
Best of: Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is i...
57 min
366
The most important book I've read this year
91 min
367
Best of: Alison Gopnik changed how I think abou...
92 min
368
Best of: Vivek Murthy on America’s loneliness e...
76 min
369
What Democrats got wrong about Hispanic voters
60 min
370
Antitrust, censorship, misinformation, and the ...
How 2020 changed Facebook and Twitter for the better
55 min
371
The crisis isn’t Trump. It’s the Republican Party.
60 min
372
The Joe Biden experience
63 min
373
Chris Hayes and I process this wild election
Polarization, polling error, and the Latino vote
59 min
374
Stacey Abrams on minority rule, voting rights, ...
In 2020, democracy is on the ballot.
65 min
375
Nate Silver on why 2020 isn't 2016
The Wizard of Odds on 2016's mistakes, polling error, and Trump's chances
65 min