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