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