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
376
Who is the real George Soros?
53 min
377
Introducing Unexplainable
A new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know.
26 min
378
The border, explained by someone who knows it i...
51 min
379
"Wintering," wisdom, and weathering life's dark...
62 min
380
Reframing America's race problem
49 min
381
Who owns the Western?
45 min
382
A Watchmen writer on race, TV, and tech giants
52 min
383
Uncovering the history of psychedelics in Chris...
48 min
384
Biden's immigration architect on racism, reform...
58 min
385
The Capitol Siege and American Revolution
41 min
386
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
387
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
388
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
389
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
390
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
391
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
392
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
393
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
394
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
395
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
396
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
397
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
398
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
399
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min
400
Joe Biden and "the new progressivism"
58 min