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The world according to Werner Herzog

The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Episode • Oct 21, 2024 • 1h 0m

Sean Illing speaks with one of his heroes: Werner Herzog.

Herzog is a filmmaker, poet, and author of the memoir Every Man for Himself and God Against All. The two discuss "ecstatic truth," a term invented by Herzog to capture what he's really after in his work, why he's interested in Mars, and whether he thinks humanity is destroying itself.


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area

Guest: Werner Herzog, author, Every Man for Himself and God Against All


This episode was originally published in October of 2023.


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