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