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