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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Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
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Democrats need to do something
47 min
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How to live in uncertain times
45 min
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How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
30
How to change your personality
35 min
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Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
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Is America broken?
46 min
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The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
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Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min
35
How to be happy
63 min
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The screens between us
42 min
37
The importance of failure
42 min
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What to do with your sadness, pain, and grief
53 min
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What do animals feel?
44 min
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Are men okay?
44 min
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How to feel alive
49 min
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The antidote to climate anxiety
47 min
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America’s reactionary moment
70 min
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Well this is awkward
54 min
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What just happened, and what comes next
Your election questions answered
47 min
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Does being "woke" do any good?
Musa al-Gharbi helps us untangle the concept of "wokeness"
49 min
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Is America collapsing like Ancient Rome?
42 min
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The world according to Werner Herzog
53 min
49
Ta-Nehisi Coates on complexity, clarity, and tr...
We revel in complexity. But does our desire to understand that complexity sometimes over-complicate an issue?
66 min
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Your mind needs chaos
Oshan Jarow speaks with philosopher of neuroscience Mark Miller about how our minds actually work and why we thrive on creativity and chaos.
49 min