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Sean Illing

Sean Illing

Host of The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Sean Illing

    The Gray Area
    This is your kid on smartphonesThis is your kid on smartphones
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    The Gray Area

    A Q&A with Jonathan Haidt on smartphones, kids today, and what the skeptics get wrong about his argument.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    The science of near-death experiencesThe science of near-death experiences
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    What happens when we almost die?

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    The known unknowns about Ozempic, explainedThe known unknowns about Ozempic, explained
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    UFOs, God, and the edge of understandingUFOs, God, and the edge of understanding
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    The spiritual possibilities of alien encounters.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    Everything’s a cult nowEverything’s a cult now
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Derek Thompson on what the end of monoculture could mean for American democracy.

    By Sean Illing
    Future Perfect
    Will AI mean the end of liberal democracy?Will AI mean the end of liberal democracy?
    Podcast
    Future Perfect

    Fareed Zakaria on the age of revolution.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    Life is hard. Can philosophy help?Life is hard. Can philosophy help?
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    What philosophy has to say about midlife crises.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    Americans are hooked on the fantasy of financial liberationAmericans are hooked on the fantasy of financial liberation
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    What multilevel marketing schemes are really selling.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    The chaplain who doesn’t believe in GodThe chaplain who doesn’t believe in God
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    A spiritual atheist’s journey to helping death row inmates.

    By Sean Illing
    The Gray Area
    Are we in the middle of an extinction panic?Are we in the middle of an extinction panic?
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    How doomsday proclamations about AI echo existential anxieties of the past.

    By Sean Illing