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
327
Imagine a future with no police
59 min
328
Novelist Lauren Groff on the other Matrix
42 min
329
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
63 min
330
Rep. Jamie Raskin on living through the unthink...
52 min
331
Best of: Why fascism in America isn't going away
44 min
332
Best of: Clint Smith III on confronting the leg...
56 min
333
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
334
Chris Bosh on winning (and losing everything)
53 min
335
The cult of toughness
61 min
336
Is ethical investing a scam?
52 min
337
The good life is painful
49 min
338
The father of environmental justice
45 min
339
Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
340
E.O. Wilson's plan to save the world
51 min
341
Workers of the world, stay home!
57 min
342
How progressives get back in the game
57 min
343
The highs and lows of the "creator economy"
44 min
344
Why Chris Hayes thinks we're all famous now
55 min
345
The stories soul food tells
45 min
346
The paradox of American freedom
51 min
347
Nonbinary parenthood
55 min
348
John McWhorter, the anti-antiracist
61 min
349
The overwhelming, invisible work of elder care
57 min
350
How Big Tech benefits from the disinformation p...
52 min