logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2022
54m 14s

Introducing The Gray Area

Vox
About this episode
On the first episode of Vox’s new podcast, The Gray Area, host Sean Illing talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson about the limits of both politics and science. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3Cxl1KD Listen and follow on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3er7Mn2 Listen and follow elsewhere: https://bit.ly/3yFt5b8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po ... Show More
Up next
Nov 19
Lost on the road to enlightenment
So many of us have been told that meditation can make us less stressed, more productive, and happier. But for a small group of people, it has a dark side. What’s going on? Guests: Willoughby Britton, associate professor at Brown University; Richard Davidson, professor at the Uni ... Show More
35m 17s
Nov 17
Is animal grief real?
A dog on its owner’s grave. A killer whale carrying around its dead calf. A goose that isolates when its mate dies. These behaviors in animals may look like human mourning, but should scientists call them "grief"? (First published in 2023) Guests: Jennifer Vonk, comparative/cogn ... Show More
26m 11s
Nov 12
The Sound Barrier #4: Listen to the universe
When Wanda Diáz-Merced lost her sight as a college student, she thought her dreams of becoming an astronomer were over — until she learned to listen to space instead. Wanda is one of several pioneering scientists listening to space. For this episode, we also spoke to Robert Wilso ... Show More
37m 25s
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2022
Neil deGrasse Tyson gets political
On this first episode of The Gray Area, Sean Illing talks with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who takes on many of our most vexing societal problems in his new book Starry Messenger. According to Neil, if we all were to adopt a more scientific approach to politics, many of o ... Show More
56m 49s
Apr 2023
How to listen
Most of us don’t know how to truly listen, and it’s causing all sorts of problems. Sean Illing is joined by journalist Kate Murphy, the author of You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters, to discuss what it means to be a good listener, the problems that are ca ... Show More
55m 3s
Mar 2021
Introducing Unexplainable
Unexplainable is a new podcast from Vox about everything we don’t know. Each week, the team look at the most fascinating unanswered questions in science and the mind-bending ways scientists are trying to answer them. New episodes drop every Wednesday.  Learn more: vox.com/unexpla ... Show More
28m 11s
Oct 2021
Je vous présente les deux nouveaux podcasts Choses à Savoir !
<p><strong>#1 Choses à Savoir Gastronomie</strong></p><br><p>Apple Podcast:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/choses-%C3%A0-savoir-voyage/id1485689141">https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/choses-%C3%A0-savoir-voyage/id1485689141</a></p><p>Spotify:</p><p><a hr ... Show More
1m 29s
Sep 2022
Astronomy Daily the Podcast - Sampler Edition - Working Together
Welcome to a sampler edition of our new Astronomy & Space Science News podcast, Astronomy Daily - the Podcast. <br />Hosted by Andrew Dunkley (one half of the Space Nuts podcast) and his feisty AI Assistant/Newsreader Hailley.<br /><br />Each day Andrew and Hailley bring you a ro ... Show More
9m 35s
Nov 2022
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Starry Messages, Science, Culture, and Life
Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable faces of science in the world, and for good reason. He has thought a lot about how to engage people in the wonder and joy of science, something that is also near and dear to my own heart, and to the spirit of many of my own acti ... Show More
1h 33m
Sep 2011
Interview: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
<p>In this episode, Robert and Julie interview astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. What does the planet's leading science communicator have to say about the future of space travel, mind-blowing cosmology and the science in America? Listen in to find out.</p><p> </p> Learn more ab ... Show More
28m 41s
Apr 2022
Solar Storm Triggers Radio Blackouts
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 51<br />*Solar storm triggers radio blackouts in Australia<br />A severe X1.1 class solar flare erupting from the surface of the Sun has caused strong shortwave radio blackouts across Australia, the Western Pacific and eastern Asia over the Easter holi ... Show More
25m 50s