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