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