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
26
Of course you're anxious
38 min
27
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
28
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
29
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
30
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
31
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
32
America is football
47 min
33
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
34
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
35
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
36
The pornification of everything
52 min
37
What counts as progress?
37 min
38
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
39
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
40
The case against free will
55 min
41
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
42
The Great Enshittening
44 min
43
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
44
What's worth remembering?
55 min
45
Why TikTok matters
60 min
46
The sun will save us
43 min
47
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
48
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
49
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
50
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min