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
51
The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
52
How to forgive yourself
38 min
53
The revolution will be memed
45 min
54
How we standardized music
25 min
55
Why humans need to matter
43 min
56
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
57
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
58
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
59
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
60
Winging it in Iran
33 min
61
Of course you're anxious
38 min
62
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
63
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
64
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
65
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
66
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
67
America is football
47 min
68
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
69
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
70
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
71
The pornification of everything
52 min
72
What counts as progress?
37 min
73
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
74
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
75
The case against free will
55 min