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