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
701
Conservative intellectual Yuval Levin on how th...
74 min
702
Hillary Clinton. Yes, that Hillary Clinton.
44 min
703
Patrick Brown on plant-meat that bleeds and the...
42 min
704
Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong abou...
74 min
705
Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lesson...
58 min
706
Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, an...
68 min
707
Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
55 min
708
Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
63 min
709
Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
710
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
711
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
712
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
713
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min
714
Ben Thompson on how to make it in media in 2016
91 min
715
Ben Thompson on how the media business is changing
91 min
716
Grover Norquist explains what it takes to chang...
84 min
717
Neera Tanden on what it's like to work for Hill...
66 min
718
David Chang, head of the Momofuku empire
82 min
719
Cory Booker on the spiritual dimension of politics
105 min
720
Michael Needham on the Republican Party's crack-up
68 min
721
Jim Yong Kim on revolutionizing how we treat th...
72 min
722
Theda Skocpol on how political scientists think...
57 min
723
Bill Gates on stopping climate change, building...
40 min
724
How lobbying works, with super-lobbyist Tony Po...
55 min
725
Rachel Maddow on skinhead rallies, AIDS activis...
100 min