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