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
Why we want to believe in aliens
47 min
2
Straight dating isn’t broken
39 min
3
Kidneys for sale
45 min
4
How memory changes you
55 min
5
Freud was right about one thing
55 min
6
Why straight dating feels bleak
54 min
7
We’re postliterate
48 min
8
What does a parent owe their child?
24 min
9
The vanishing pleasures of daily life
44 min
10
How Google broke the internet
37 min
11
The illusion of the ‘self’
40 min
12
How MAGA is turning on itself
43 min
13
The global baby bust
46 min
14
Why public opinion turned on AI
41 min
15
A skeptic considers the case for God
48 min
16
The “Godzilla El Niño” is coming
39 min
17
The “real” America at 250
43 min
18
How to fix America’s spiritual crisis
44 min
19
The end of the human internet
37 min
20
The expectations on men
45 min
21
Canceling Plato
36 min
22
How to feel more secure
46 min
23
The people who want AI to replace us
45 min
24
Understanding our dreams
44 min
25
Do we really need to work so hard?
38 min