Archive for the ‘Afterlife’ Category
The Sisters Fox
16, Mar 2010Episode 27: The Sisters Fox Nate DiMeo, The Memory Palace (March 12, 2010) In his latest podcast at The Memory Palace, Nate DiMeo tells the story of the Fox Sisters in mid-nineteenth century America. These girls spooked their parents and neighbors with tales of communing with the dead. Naturally, this turned into a sell-out show [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife|Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: podcast, spiritualism
Mr. Freeze
28, Jan 2010The January 25 issue of the New Yorker features an amusing article about cryopreservation of bodies, a.k.a. cryogenics or cryonics. The article doesn’t so much shed light on the science of this controversial procedure; but rather, it spotlights Robert C.W. Ettinger, one of the founders of the cryonics movement. The ninety-one year old Ettinger gives [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Afterlife|Death + Biology|Death + Technology|Death Ethics|Defying Death
- Tags: books, cryonics
Open Air Cremations UK Style
26, Jan 2010Funeral Pyres judgment Reserved BBC News (January 18, 2010) Hindu Fights for Open-Air Cremation UKPA (January 17, 2010) Last week, a really interesting and potentially important court case appeared before a British Appeals Court. A British Hindu man, Davender Ghai, wants permission from the Newcastle City government to have his body cremated on an open [...]
- By: John
- In: Afterlife|Cremation|Death + the Law
- Tags: religion
Questions and Answers about Moment of Death: AWARE Project Uses Technology to Investigate “Out-of-Body Experiences” Today – MSNBC.com (September 28, 2009) Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy According to the Today show’s Q&A, the Awareness During Resuscitation study — AWARE for short — is investigating “what happens to the [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife|Defying Death
- Tags: definition of death, moment of death, research, video
“Dead Spiritualist Silent”
11, Aug 2009Radiolab: Proof originally aired August 10, 2009. It appears Radiolab had more great death meditations than they knew what to do with. Following up on their July 27 episode, “After Life,” all this week they will be releasing short podcasts with additional thoughts on death. Monday’s segment features Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Spook, [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife
- Tags: moment of death, podcast, spiritualism