The Gray Area with Sean Illing

In this episode of The Gray Area, host Christine Emba sits down with author Anna Louisa Sussman to discuss her new book, *Inconceivable*, which…

Host Jonny Hill sits in for Sean Illing to discuss the evolving nature of the midlife crisis with columnist Emil Nazzi.

Sean Illing revisits a conversation with Olga Kazan, author of "Me, But Better," to explore the science and promise of personality change.

Brian Walsh interviews Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour, about her book *Body Electric*.

Host John Glenn Hill interviews Adam Kirsch, author of *We Want to Believe*, about the cultural shift surrounding UFOs and UAPs.

Host Jonquellyn Hill interviews Playboy senior editor Magdalene J.

Guest host Brian Walsh speaks with Nobel laureate Al Roth about his book *Moral Economics*, exploring controversial markets like kidney sales and drug legalization.

Sean Illing interviews neuroscientist Sharon Ranganath about her book *Why We Remember*, exploring how memory reconstructs rather than records the past.

Sean Illing interviews neuropsychologist Mark Solms, who argues that Freud’s focus on subjectivity and the unconscious remains scientifically valid.

Host John Glenn Hill interviews Sarah Jones about "heteropessimism," the growing sentiment among straight women that dating men is embarrassing or futile.

Host John Glenn Hill interviews Atlantic writer Rose Horwich about her article "The Age of Reading is Over," which argues society is entering a "post-literate" era.

Sean Illing introduces a Vox Unexplainable episode where host Noam Hassenfeld and reporter Seagal Samuel debate the ethics of genetic embryo screening.

Sean Illing discusses identity with neuroscientist Gregory Burns, who argues that the self is a constructed narrative rather than a fixed entity.

Vox’s Zach Beech joins host Brian Walsh to discuss the "hot dog man" phenomenon, where right-wing figures like Ben Shapiro and Thomas Massy panic…

Host Christine Emba interviews Financial Times data reporter John Byrne Murdoch about the global fertility crisis and its potential link to smartphone adoption.