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
526
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
527
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
528
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
529
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
530
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
531
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
532
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
533
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
534
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
535
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
536
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
537
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
538
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
539
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
540
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
541
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
542
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
543
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
544
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
545
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
546
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
547
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
548
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
549
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
550
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min