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
Patricia Lockwood's big, beautiful internet brain
51 min
352
Who is the real George Soros?
53 min
353
Introducing Unexplainable
A new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know.
26 min
354
The border, explained by someone who knows it i...
51 min
355
"Wintering," wisdom, and weathering life's dark...
62 min
356
Reframing America's race problem
49 min
357
Who owns the Western?
45 min
358
A Watchmen writer on race, TV, and tech giants
52 min
359
Uncovering the history of psychedelics in Chris...
48 min
360
Biden's immigration architect on racism, reform...
58 min
361
The Capitol Siege and American Revolution
41 min
362
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
363
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
364
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
365
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
366
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
367
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
368
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
369
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
370
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
371
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
372
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
373
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
374
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
375
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min