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
551
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
552
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
553
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
554
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
555
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
556
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
557
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
558
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
559
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
560
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
561
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
562
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
563
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
564
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
565
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min
566
This conversation will change how you understan...
131 min
567
Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Fr...
75 min
568
Robert Sapolsky on the toxic intersection of po...
75 min
569
Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational
57 min
570
Sean Decatur doesn’t see a free speech crisis o...
75 min
571
Cal Newport has an answer for digital burnout
66 min
572
Eric Holder’s plan to save democracy
60 min
573
Anil Dash on the biases of tech
77 min
574
Jill Lepore on America’s two revolutions
90 min
575
Best of: N.K. Jemisin
80 min