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