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
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
77
What's worth remembering?
55 min
78
Why TikTok matters
60 min
79
The sun will save us
43 min
80
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
81
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
82
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
83
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
84
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
85
It’s time to get weird
57 min
86
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
87
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
88
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
89
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
90
Is Trump winning?
45 min
91
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
92
What "near death" feels like
48 min
93
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
94
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
95
The science of ideology
48 min
96
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
97
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
98
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
99
A new way to listen
1 min
100
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min