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.
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Understanding our dreams
44 min
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Do we really need to work so hard?
38 min
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The post-sex generation
44 min
29
Talk to strangers
49 min
30
Who needs experts?
45 min
31
The myth of absolute freedom
46 min
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The college dream has failed
44 min
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Why progress is hard to see
44 min
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The wellness path to conspiracy
42 min
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The science of awe
54 min
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In defense of fatherhood
34 min
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The case for thinking like a child
41 min
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The one thing the Supreme Court won’t touch
36 min
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The Pentagon’s AI war machine
45 min
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American democracy's structural flaw
35 min
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The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
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How to forgive yourself
38 min
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The revolution will be memed
45 min
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How we standardized music
25 min
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Why humans need to matter
43 min
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A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
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Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
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The end of world order as we know it
32 min
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Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
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Winging it in Iran
33 min