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
The revolution will be memed
45 min
52
How we standardized music
25 min
53
Why humans need to matter
43 min
54
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
55
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
56
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
57
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
58
Winging it in Iran
33 min
59
Of course you're anxious
38 min
60
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
61
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
62
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
63
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
64
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
65
America is football
47 min
66
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
67
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
68
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
69
The pornification of everything
52 min
70
What counts as progress?
37 min
71
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
72
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
73
The case against free will
55 min
74
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
75
The Great Enshittening
44 min