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
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
527
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
528
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
529
The purpose of political violence
75 min
530
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
531
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
532
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
533
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
534
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
535
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
536
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
537
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
538
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
539
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
540
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
541
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
542
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
543
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
544
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
545
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
546
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
547
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
548
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
549
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
550
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min