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