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