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
The pornification of everything
52 min
27
What counts as progress?
37 min
28
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
29
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
30
The case against free will
55 min
31
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
32
The Great Enshittening
44 min
33
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
34
What's worth remembering?
55 min
35
Why TikTok matters
60 min
36
The sun will save us
43 min
37
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
38
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
39
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
40
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
41
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
42
It’s time to get weird
57 min
43
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
44
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
45
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
46
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
47
Is Trump winning?
45 min
48
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
49
What "near death" feels like
48 min
50
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min