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
1
What's worth remembering?
55 min
2
Why TikTok matters
60 min
3
The sun will save us
43 min
4
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
5
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
6
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
7
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
8
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
9
It’s time to get weird
57 min
10
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
11
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
12
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
13
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
14
Is Trump winning?
45 min
15
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
16
What "near death" feels like
48 min
17
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
18
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
19
The science of ideology
48 min
20
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
21
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
22
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
23
A new way to listen
1 min
24
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
25
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min