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