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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The case against free will
55 min
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What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
28
The Great Enshittening
44 min
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America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
30
What's worth remembering?
55 min
31
Why TikTok matters
60 min
32
The sun will save us
43 min
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How much free speech is too much?
50 min
34
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
35
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
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So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics.
48 min
37
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
38
It’s time to get weird
57 min
39
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
40
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
41
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
42
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
43
Is Trump winning?
45 min
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A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
45
What "near death" feels like
48 min
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Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
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Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
48
The science of ideology
48 min
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A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
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Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min