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
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
27
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
28
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
29
Is Trump winning?
45 min
30
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
31
What "near death" feels like
48 min
32
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
33
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
34
The science of ideology
48 min
35
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
36
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
37
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
38
A new way to listen
1 min
39
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
40
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
41
Democrats need to do something
47 min
42
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
43
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
44
How to change your personality
35 min
45
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
46
Is America broken?
46 min
47
The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
48
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min
49
How to be happy
63 min
50
The screens between us
42 min