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 good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
502
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
503
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
504
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
505
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
506
The purpose of political violence
75 min
507
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
508
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
509
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
510
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
511
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
512
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
513
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
514
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
515
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
516
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
517
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
518
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
519
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
520
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
521
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
522
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
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The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
524
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
525
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min