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
Consciousness is a mystery
35 min
2
The end of world order as we know it
32 min
3
Alone in a cage with cocaine
45 min
4
Winging it in Iran
33 min
5
Of course you're anxious
38 min
6
Gen Z men have baby fever
Gen Z men have baby fever
30 min
7
Why mindfulness got weird
38 min
8
You’re right to bear arms
36 min
9
Happy news from Sean 
1 min
10
The problem with gamifying life
45 min
11
America is football
47 min
12
How we built a government that can’t build anyt...
42 min
13
It’s okay to not be okay
55 min
14
Forgiveness is optional
60 min
15
The pornification of everything
52 min
16
What counts as progress?
37 min
17
How to survive awkward encounters
53 min
18
Truth in an age of doublethink
48 min
19
The case against free will
55 min
20
What the climate story gets wrong
45 min
21
The Great Enshittening
44 min
22
America chose violence. Now what?
54 min
23
What's worth remembering?
55 min
24
Why TikTok matters
60 min
25
The sun will save us
43 min