The Gray Area with Sean Illing

The Gray Area with host Sean Illing is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between. We don’t pretend to have the answers, but we do offer a space for real dialogue. Resist certainty, embrace ambiguity, and get some cool takes on a very hot world. Formerly the Vox Conversations podcast. New episodes drop every Monday.
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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3,000 years of The Iliad
37 minutes ·

3,000 years of The Iliad

Late-stage liberalism
54 minutes ·

Late-stage liberalism

The case against free will
59 minutes ·

The case against free will

We Are What We Watch
57 minutes ·

We Are What We Watch

Is America getting meaner?
55 minutes ·

Is America getting meaner?

Should we press pause on AI?
57 minutes ·

Should we press pause on AI?

Democracy’s existential crisis
51 minutes ·

Democracy’s existential crisis

Conservative socialism?
56 minutes ·

Conservative socialism?

The benefits of utopian thinking
54 minutes ·

The benefits of utopian thinking

The new crisis of masculinity
62 minutes ·

The new crisis of masculinity

How we all became a brand
53 minutes ·

How we all became a brand

The future of tribalism
53 minutes ·

The future of tribalism

Clickbait’s destructive legacy
53 minutes ·

Clickbait’s destructive legacy

Mysteries of the mind
53 minutes ·

Mysteries of the mind

Being human in the age of AI
53 minutes ·

Being human in the age of AI

The chemistry of connection
53 minutes ·

The chemistry of connection

What a slow civil war looks like
56 minutes ·

What a slow civil war looks like

How to listen
55 minutes ·

How to listen

The case for failure
49 minutes ·

The case for failure

Poetry as religion
57 minutes ·

Poetry as religion

Revisiting the American Dream
43 minutes ·

Revisiting the American Dream

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