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