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.
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What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
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The Great Enshittening
44 min
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America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
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What's worth remembering?
55 min
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Why TikTok matters
60 min
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The sun will save us
43 min
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How much free speech is too much?
50 min
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Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
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America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
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So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics.
48 min
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America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
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It’s time to get weird
57 min
63
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
64
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
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Hopeful pessimism
48 min
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If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
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Is Trump winning?
45 min
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A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
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What "near death" feels like
48 min
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Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
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Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
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The science of ideology
48 min
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A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
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Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
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Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min