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