UFOs, God, and the edge of understanding

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.6 • 10.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Religious studies professor Diana Pasulka was a total nonbeliever in alien life, but she began to question this after speaking with many people who claim to have had otherworldly encounters. She also noticed how these accounts parallel the foundational texts of many religions. She has since written two books on the topic, the most recent of which is Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences. She joins Sean to talk about extraterrestrial life, God, angels, and the renewed interest in UFOs. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Diana Pasulka (@dwpasulka). Her new book is Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences. Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Be the first to hear new episodes of The Gray Area by following us in your favorite podcast app. Links here: https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Producer: Jon Ehrens Engineer: Patrick Boyd Please take a second to help us learn more about you! vox.com/podcastsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
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0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
0:31.2	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:33.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:37.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what do you look like, your credit score,
0:41.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:44.1	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:48.8	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:52.0	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:55.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
1:01.0	If you're into UFOs and aliens, the last five years or so have been fantastic.
1:08.0	Congress is investigating what they call unidentified anomalous phenomena. The rest of us call them
1:14.1	UFOs. After decades of public denial, the Pentagon now admits there's something out
1:20.0	there. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are pressing the Pentagon and other
1:24.8	government agencies for more answers about UFOs. A Pentagon report is detailing a dramatic
1:30.4	increase in UFO sightings.
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