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
576
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housi...
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
59 min
577
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian St...
82 min
578
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
75 min
579
The purpose of political violence
75 min
580
Ask Ezra Anything 3: Endgame
Ezra answers listener questions
90 min
581
The disillusionment of David Brooks
93 min
582
Emily Oster schools me on parenthood
51 min
583
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
584
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
585
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
586
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
587
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
588
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
589
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
590
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
591
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
592
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
593
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
594
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
595
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
596
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
597
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
598
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
599
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
600
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min