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
In defense of fatherhood
34 min
52
The case for thinking like a child
41 min
53
The one thing the Supreme Court won’t touch
36 min
54
The Pentagon’s AI war machine
45 min
55
American democracy's structural flaw
35 min
56
The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
57
How to forgive yourself
38 min
58
The revolution will be memed
45 min
59
How we standardized music
25 min
60
Why humans need to matter
43 min
61
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
62
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
63
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
64
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
65
Winging it in Iran
33 min
66
Of course you're anxious
38 min
67
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
68
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
69
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
70
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
71
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
72
America is football
47 min
73
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
74
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
75
Forgiveness is optional
60 min