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