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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An enlightening, frustrating conversation on li...
105 min
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The cognitive cost of poverty (with Sendhil Mul...
93 min
503
Failing towards Utopia
20 min
504
Why liberals and conservatives create such diff...
90 min
505
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live!)
59 min
506
This changed how I think about love (with Aliso...
93 min
507
The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
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Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
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How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
510
How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
511
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
512
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
513
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
514
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
515
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
516
The purpose of political violence
75 min
517
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
518
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
519
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
520
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
521
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
522
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
523
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
524
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
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An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min