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
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Can college survive Trump?
54 min
52
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
53
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
54
Is Trump winning?
45 min
55
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
56
What "near death" feels like
48 min
57
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
58
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
59
The science of ideology
48 min
60
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
61
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
62
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
63
A new way to listen
1 min
64
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
65
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
66
Democrats need to do something
47 min
67
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
68
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
69
How to change your personality
35 min
70
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
71
Is America broken?
46 min
72
The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
73
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min
74
How to be happy
63 min
75
The screens between us
42 min