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
Kidneys for sale
45 min
2
How memory changes you
55 min
3
Freud was right about one thing
55 min
4
Why straight dating feels bleak
54 min
5
We’re postliterate
48 min
6
What does a parent owe their child?
24 min
7
The vanishing pleasures of daily life
44 min
8
How Google broke the internet
37 min
9
The illusion of the ‘self’
40 min
10
How MAGA is turning on itself
43 min
11
The global baby bust
46 min
12
Why public opinion turned on AI
41 min
13
A skeptic considers the case for God
48 min
14
The “Godzilla El Niño” is coming
39 min
15
The “real” America at 250
43 min
16
How to fix America’s spiritual crisis
44 min
17
The end of the human internet
37 min
18
The expectations on men
45 min
19
Canceling Plato
36 min
20
How to feel more secure
46 min
21
The people who want AI to replace us
45 min
22
Understanding our dreams
44 min
23
Do we really need to work so hard?
38 min
24
The post-sex generation
44 min
25
Talk to strangers
49 min