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
Lessons from Vox’s first 5 years
90 min
577
Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle
79 min
578
How social democrats won Europe — then lost it
64 min
579
In defense of white-backlash politics
96 min
580
Identity, nationalism, and fatherhood
103 min
581
An ex-libertarian’s quest to rebuild the center...
81 min
582
How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddi...
86 min
583
Pete Buttigieg’s theory of political change
56 min
584
Meet the policy architect behind the Green New ...
79 min
585
The somewhat fractured state of American conser...
58 min
586
American politics after Christianity, with Ross...
74 min
587
Why Gov. Jay Inslee is running for president on...
62 min
588
ICYMI: Julia Galef
88 min
589
The roots of extremism, with Deeyah Khan
79 min
590
ICYMI: Paul Krugman
94 min
591
Pop music can make you smarter
21 min
592
Life after climate change, with David Wallace-W...
69 min
593
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-f...
54 min
594
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justi...
67 min
595
Why should we care about deficits?
62 min
596
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
98 min
597
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
121 min
598
The core contradiction of American politics
63 min
599
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
76 min
600
The world according to Ralph Nader
80 min