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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How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
52
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
53
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
54
The pornification of everything
52 min
55
What counts as progress?
37 min
56
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
57
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
58
The case against free will
55 min
59
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
60
The Great Enshittening
44 min
61
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
62
What's worth remembering?
55 min
63
Why TikTok matters
60 min
64
The sun will save us
43 min
65
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
66
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
67
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
68
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
69
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
70
It’s time to get weird
57 min
71
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
72
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
73
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
74
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
75
Is Trump winning?
45 min