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 expectations on men
45 min
27
Canceling Plato
36 min
28
How to feel more secure
46 min
29
The people who want AI to replace us
45 min
30
Understanding our dreams
44 min
31
Do we really need to work so hard?
38 min
32
The post-sex generation
44 min
33
Talk to strangers
49 min
34
Who needs experts?
45 min
35
The myth of absolute freedom
46 min
36
The college dream has failed
44 min
37
Why progress is hard to see
44 min
38
The wellness path to conspiracy
42 min
39
The science of awe
54 min
40
In defense of fatherhood
34 min
41
The case for thinking like a child
41 min
42
The one thing the Supreme Court won’t touch
36 min
43
The Pentagon’s AI war machine
45 min
44
American democracy's structural flaw
35 min
45
The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
46
How to forgive yourself
38 min
47
The revolution will be memed
45 min
48
How we standardized music
25 min
49
Why humans need to matter
43 min
50
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min