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
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Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
552
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
553
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
554
The purpose of political violence
75 min
555
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
556
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
557
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
558
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
559
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
560
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
561
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
562
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
563
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
564
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
565
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
566
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
567
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
568
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
569
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
570
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
571
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
572
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
573
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
574
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
575
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min