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