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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Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
502
The purpose of political violence
75 min
503
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
504
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
505
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
506
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
507
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
508
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
509
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
510
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
511
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
512
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
513
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
514
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
515
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
516
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
517
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
518
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
519
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
520
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
521
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
522
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
523
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
524
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
525
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min