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
251
A Yellowjackets creator spills his guts
39 min
252
A scientist's case for "woo-woo"
55 min
253
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
254
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
255
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
256
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
257
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
258
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
259
Best of: We need to talk about UFOs. Seriously.
Professor Alex Wendt tells Sean Illing why he thinks the aliens might already be here
57 min
260
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
261
The cult of toughness
61 min
262
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
263
The good life is painful
49 min
264
The father of environmental justice
45 min
265
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
266
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
267
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
268
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
269
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
270
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
271
The stories soul food tells
45 min
272
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
273
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
274
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
275
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min