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 cognitive cost of poverty (with Sendhil Mul...
93 min
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Failing towards Utopia
20 min
503
Why liberals and conservatives create such diff...
90 min
504
Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo (Live!)
59 min
505
This changed how I think about love (with Aliso...
93 min
506
The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
507
Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
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How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
509
How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
510
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
511
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
512
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
513
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
514
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
515
The purpose of political violence
75 min
516
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
517
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
518
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
519
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
520
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
521
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
522
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
523
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
524
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
525
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min