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
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
2
Across the Gooniverse
52 min
3
What counts as progress?
37 min
4
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
5
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
6
The case against free will
55 min
7
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
8
The Great Enshittening
44 min
9
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
10
What's worth remembering?
55 min
11
Why TikTok matters
60 min
12
The sun will save us
43 min
13
How much free speech is too much?
50 min
14
Imagine there's no billionaires
How much money is too much?
50 min
15
America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
48 min
16
So, what exactly is the “New Right?”
A loose movement of radical intellectuals is driving American politics. 
48 min
17
America is losing big on sports betting
50 min
18
It’s time to get weird
57 min
19
What if humans went extinct next Friday?
56 min
20
Can college survive Trump?
54 min
21
Hopeful pessimism
48 min
22
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
51 min
23
Is Trump winning?
45 min
24
A right-wing economist makes his case
60 min
25
What "near death" feels like
48 min