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
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
52
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
53
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
54
It’s time to get weird
57 min
55
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
56
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
57
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
58
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
59
Is Trump winning?
45 min
60
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
61
What "near death" feels like
48 min
62
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
63
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
64
The science of ideology
48 min
65
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
66
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
67
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
68
A new way to listen
1 min
69
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
70
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
71
Democrats need to do something
47 min
72
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
73
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
74
How to change your personality
35 min
75
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min