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
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
552
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
553
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
554
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
555
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
556
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
557
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
558
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
559
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
560
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
561
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
562
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
563
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
564
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
565
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
566
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
567
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
568
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
569
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
570
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
571
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
572
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
573
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
574
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
575
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min