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 plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
49 min
527
Michael Lewis reads my mind
101 min
528
How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to...
73 min
529
How the brains of master meditators change
68 min
530
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawr...
79 min
531
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
85 min
532
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
533
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
534
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
535
The purpose of political violence
75 min
536
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
537
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
538
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
539
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
540
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
541
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
542
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
543
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
544
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
545
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
546
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
547
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
548
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
549
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
550
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min