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