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
776
Tyler Cowen interviews Ezra Klein about politic...
73 min
777
The best conversation I’ve had about the electi...
68 min
778
HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on runnin...
43 min
779
Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is...
96 min
780
Arlie Hochschild on how America feels to Trump ...
55 min
781
Stewart Butterfield on creating Slack, learning...
91 min
782
W. Kamau Bell on the lessons of parenthood, Twi...
88 min
783
Malcolm Gladwell on the danger of joining conse...
90 min
784
Grant Gordon on studying the world's worst conf...
86 min
785
Melissa Bell on starting Vox, managing media, a...
79 min
786
Atul Gawande on surgery, writing, Obamacare, an...
94 min
787
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show
73 min
788
Conservative intellectual Yuval Levin on how th...
74 min
789
Hillary Clinton. Yes, that Hillary Clinton.
44 min
790
Patrick Brown on plant-meat that bleeds and the...
42 min
791
Heather McGhee on what Democrats get wrong abou...
74 min
792
Jesse Eisenberg on Jewish humor, writing lesson...
58 min
793
Jessica Valenti on honesty, internet trolls, an...
68 min
794
Moby on how cheap rent leads to great art
55 min
795
Secretary of Labor (and maybe VP?) Tom Perez
63 min
796
Andrew Sullivan on quitting blogging, fearing p...
111 min
797
Alice Rivlin, queen of Washington's budget wonks
54 min
798
Arianna Huffington on sleep, death, and social ...
81 min
799
Robert Reich on supporting Bernie Sanders, dati...
98 min
800
Bruce Friedrich on how technology will reduce a...
74 min