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. New episodes drop every Monday.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h6m. Bisher sind 656 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 32 days 2 hours 6 minutes

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Can a friend be our most significant other?


Guest host Sigal Samuel is joined by her friend and journalist Rhaina Cohen, author of The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center.


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   50m
 
 

The power of climate fiction


Stephen Markley is the author of the novel, “The Deluge.”


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   47m
 
 

The denial of death


Filmmaker Jef Sewell discusses his new documentary on the work and thought of anthropologist Ernest Becker.


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   45m
 
 

A brief history of extinction panics


Tyler Austin Harper joins Sean to talk about who’s panicking about AI, what they actually believe, and how panics of the past compare to the current moment.


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   50m
 
 

The new(ish) world order


Journalist Alex Ward describes how foreign policy consensus is beginning to crack.


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   42m
 
 

The free-market century is over


Sean Illing is joined by economist and author Brad DeLong, whose new book tells the economic history of mankind's most consequential era — and explains how and why it just ended


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 February 12, 2024  54m
 
 

Music and mysticism


New Age music pioneer Laraaji on the mysticism of music and the sanctity of laughter.


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 February 5, 2024  47m
 
 

The case for banning...millionaires?


Sean talks with political philosopher Ingrid Robeyns, whose new book Limitarianism makes the case for imposing limits on personal wealth.


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 January 29, 2024  53m
 
 

The joy of uncertainty


Maggie Jackson, author of Uncertainty: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, explains why the feeling of uncertainty is actually a pathway to better understanding and empathy.


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 January 22, 2024  48m
 
 

A pro-worker work ethic


Political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson explains how “the biggest killjoys in European history” hijacked the way we think about work.


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 January 15, 2024  41m