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
76
It’s time to get weird
57 min
77
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
78
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
79
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
80
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
81
Is Trump winning?
45 min
82
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
83
What "near death" feels like
48 min
84
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
85
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
86
The science of ideology
48 min
87
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
88
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
89
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
90
A new way to listen
1 min
91
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
92
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
93
Democrats need to do something
47 min
94
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
95
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
96
How to change your personality
35 min
97
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
98
Is America broken?
46 min
99
The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
100
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min