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