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