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 if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
2
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
3
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
4
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
5
Is Trump winning?
45 min
6
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
7
What "near death" feels like
48 min
8
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
9
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
10
The science of ideology
48 min
11
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
12
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
13
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
14
A new way to listen
1 min
15
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
16
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
17
Democrats need to do something
47 min
18
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
19
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
20
How to change your personality
35 min
21
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
22
Is America broken?
46 min
23
The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
24
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min
25
How to be happy
63 min