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
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
2
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
3
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
4
It’s time to get weird
57 min
5
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
6
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
7
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
8
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
9
Is Trump winning?
45 min
10
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
11
What "near death" feels like
48 min
12
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
13
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
14
The science of ideology
48 min
15
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
16
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
17
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
18
A new way to listen
1 min
19
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
20
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
21
Democrats need to do something
47 min
22
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
23
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
24
How to change your personality
35 min
25
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min