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
1
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
2
What's worth remembering?
55 min
3
Why TikTok matters
60 min
4
The sun will save us
43 min
5
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
6
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
7
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
8
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
9
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
10
It’s time to get weird
57 min
11
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
12
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
13
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
14
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
15
Is Trump winning?
45 min
16
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
17
What "near death" feels like
48 min
18
Machiavelli on how democracies die
44 min
19
Do you have moral ambition?
53 min
20
The science of ideology
48 min
21
A new analysis of the pandemic
43 min
22
Halfway there: a philosopher’s guide to midlife...
47 min
23
Whatever this is, it isn’t liberalism
What exactly is the basis for democracy?
50 min
24
A new way to listen
1 min
25
The beliefs AI is built on
47 min