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.
1
Do we really need to work so hard?
38 min
2
The post-sex generation
44 min
3
Talk to strangers
49 min
4
Who needs experts?
45 min
5
The myth of absolute freedom
46 min
6
The college dream has failed
44 min
7
Why progress is hard to see
44 min
8
The wellness path to conspiracy
42 min
9
The science of awe
54 min
10
In defense of fatherhood
34 min
11
The case for thinking like a child
41 min
12
The one thing the Supreme Court won’t touch
36 min
13
The Pentagon’s AI war machine
45 min
14
American democracy's structural flaw
35 min
15
The contradictions of wokeness
49 min
16
How to forgive yourself
38 min
17
The revolution will be memed
45 min
18
How we standardized music
25 min
19
Why humans need to matter
43 min
20
A brief update on the AI apocalypse
33 min
21
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
22
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
23
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
24
Winging it in Iran
33 min
25
Of course you're anxious
38 min