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