The Gray Area with Sean Illing
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MAR 25, 2024
The chaplain who doesn't believe in God
Devin Moss is a chaplain who doesn’t believe in God. He recently spent one year counseling a death row inmate through his final days.
48 MIN
MAR 18, 2024
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.
50 MIN
MAR 11, 2024
The power of climate fiction
Stephen Markley is the author of the novel, “The Deluge.”
47 MIN
MAR 4, 2024
The denial of death
Filmmaker Jef Sewell discusses his new documentary on the work and thought of anthropologist Ernest Becker.
45 MIN
FEB 26, 2024
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.
50 MIN
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