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
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
377
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
378
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
379
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
380
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
381
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
382
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
383
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
384
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
385
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
386
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
387
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
388
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min
389
Joe Biden and "the new progressivism"
58 min
390
Best of: Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is i...
57 min
391
The most important book I've read this year
91 min
392
Best of: Alison Gopnik changed how I think abou...
92 min
393
Best of: Vivek Murthy on America’s loneliness e...
76 min
394
What Democrats got wrong about Hispanic voters
60 min
395
Antitrust, censorship, misinformation, and the ...
How 2020 changed Facebook and Twitter for the better
55 min
396
The crisis isn’t Trump. It’s the Republican Party.
60 min
397
The Joe Biden experience
63 min
398
Chris Hayes and I process this wild election
Polarization, polling error, and the Latino vote
59 min
399
Stacey Abrams on minority rule, voting rights, ...
In 2020, democracy is on the ballot.
65 min
400
Nate Silver on why 2020 isn't 2016
The Wizard of Odds on 2016's mistakes, polling error, and Trump's chances
65 min