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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The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
502
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
503
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
504
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
505
The purpose of political violence
75 min
506
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
507
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
508
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
509
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
510
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
511
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
512
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
513
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
514
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
515
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
516
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
517
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
518
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
519
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
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Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
521
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
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The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
523
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
524
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
525
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min