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
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
52
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
53
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
54
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
55
America is football
47 min
56
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
57
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
58
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
59
The pornification of everything
52 min
60
What counts as progress?
37 min
61
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
62
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
63
The case against free will
55 min
64
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
65
The Great Enshittening
44 min
66
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
67
What's worth remembering?
55 min
68
Why TikTok matters
60 min
69
The sun will save us
43 min
70
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
71
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
72
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
73
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
74
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
75
It’s time to get weird
57 min