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
501
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
502
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
503
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
504
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
505
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
506
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
507
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
508
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
509
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
510
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
511
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
512
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
513
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
514
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
515
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
516
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
517
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
518
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
519
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
520
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
521
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
522
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
523
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
524
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
525
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min