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.
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Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
27
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
28
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics.
48 min
29
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
30
It’s time to get weird
57 min
31
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
32
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
33
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
34
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
35
Is Trump winning?
45 min
36
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
37
What "near death" feels like
48 min
38
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
39
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
40
The science of ideology
48 min
41
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
42
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
43
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
44
A new way to listen
1 min
45
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
46
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
47
Democrats need to do something
47 min
48
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
49
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
50
How to change your personality
35 min