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
101
A new way to listen
1 min
102
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min
103
Stop comparing yourself to AI
53 min
104
Democrats need to do something
47 min
105
How to live in uncertain times
45 min
106
How to sink into silence
Pico Iyer on finding quiet in a noisy world
43 min
107
How to change your personality
35 min
108
Is ignorance truly bliss?
30 min
109
Is America broken?
46 min
110
The cost of spending time alone
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
37 min
111
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes)
47 min
112
How to be happy
63 min
113
The screens between us
42 min
114
The importance of failure
42 min
115
What to do with your sadness, pain, and grief
53 min
116
What do animals feel?
44 min
117
Are men okay?
44 min
118
How to feel alive
49 min
119
The antidote to climate anxiety
47 min
120
America’s reactionary moment
70 min
121
Well this is awkward
54 min
122
What just happened, and what comes next
Your election questions answered
47 min
123
Does being "woke" do any good?
Musa al-Gharbi helps us untangle the concept of "wokeness"
49 min
124
Is America collapsing like Ancient Rome?
42 min
125
The world according to Werner Herzog
53 min