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
277
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
278
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
279
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
280
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
281
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
282
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
283
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
284
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
285
The cult of toughness
61 min
286
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
287
The good life is painful
49 min
288
The father of environmental justice
45 min
289
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
290
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
291
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
292
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
293
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
294
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
295
The stories soul food tells
45 min
296
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
297
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
298
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
299
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min
300
How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation p...
52 min