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