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
American democracy's structural flaw
35 min
27
The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
28
How to forgive yourself
38 min
29
The revolution will be memed
45 min
30
How we standardized music
25 min
31
Why humans need to matter
43 min
32
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
33
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
34
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
35
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
36
Winging it in Iran
33 min
37
Of course you're anxious
38 min
38
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
39
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
40
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
41
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
42
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
43
America is football
47 min
44
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
45
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
46
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
47
The pornification of everything
52 min
48
What counts as progress?
37 min
49
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
50
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min