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
401
The Joe Biden experience
Ezra Klein and Evan Osnos discuss our new president
61 min
402
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
403
Peter Kafka and Kevin Roose on big tech's power...
26 min
404
Sam Sanders and Olivia Nuzzi on President Trump...
41 min
405
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
406
Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with...
75 min
407
Best of: The moral philosophy of The Good Place
98 min
408
Best of: Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
409
Best of: Tracy K. Smith changed how I read poetry
85 min
410
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
411
Best of: An inspiring conversation about democr...
67 min
412
Michael Pollan on the psychedelic society
70 min
413
Best of: Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersect...
75 min
414
Joe Biden and "the new progressivism"
58 min
415
Best of: Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is i...
57 min
416
The most important book I've read this year
91 min
417
Best of: Alison Gopnik changed how I think abou...
92 min
418
Best of: Vivek Murthy on America’s loneliness e...
76 min
419
What Democrats got wrong about Hispanic voters
60 min
420
Antitrust, censorship, misinformation, and the ...
How 2020 changed Facebook and Twitter for the better
55 min
421
The crisis isn’t Trump. It’s the Republican Party.
60 min
422
The Joe Biden experience
63 min
423
Chris Hayes and I process this wild election
Polarization, polling error, and the Latino vote
59 min
424
Stacey Abrams on minority rule, voting rights, ...
In 2020, democracy is on the ballot.
65 min
425
Nate Silver on why 2020 isn't 2016
The Wizard of Odds on 2016's mistakes, polling error, and Trump's chances
65 min