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.
Hosts & Guests
Deep Issues Need this Calm and Measured Channel
26 Apr
Sean makes it easy to, not just hear a podcast, but also learn something’s important in the deep issues he curates for us ✅
Hands down my favourite podcast
30/08/2023
Hi from Devon, England… Genuinely, I treasure this pod and anticipate each ep with much glee! Its not just that I chime personally with Sean’s outlook and values, but that the generosity and magnanimous spirit he approaches each guest (esp one’s he has disagreement with) fills a much needed gap in today’s far-too-combative discourse. He doesn’t suffer “fools” but doesn’t dwell on this (looking at you Sam Harris) - rather the attention is fully focused on the understanding of difficult issues and exploration of possible explanations / solutions. It’s a joy, well done all involved. My only quibble: would love a Twitter / FB group or similar for exploring the topics more with other listeners after each ep. Thoughts? Ru D
Matt Desmond
22/05/2023
Another great discussion, thanks Sean
Interesting style
06/04/2023
The content of the interview really depends on the interviewee, the style of this show really lets them unspool their take on a given topic. Sure the host often has opinions too but the format works quite well as a dialogue, gets a little bit more out of them than a straight set of questions. Generally the guests have just published a book on exactly that, so this is a nice way to get a synopsis of their theory. Theme music is on point.
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- CreatorVox
- Years Active2016 - 2024
- Episodes682
- RatingExplicit
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