Where Eugene and I talk all things Rogue One. We go deep into the mind of Galen Erso, the Battle of Scarif, Orson Krennic, Donnie Yen, that cray-cray ending, and Eugene’s beef with chompy doors.
Thank you Eugene Chang for a fun, in-depth review!
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Near death experiences have reentered pop culture in recent years with best-sellers like “Proof of Heaven” and “Heaven is for Real.” But are near death experiences legit? Are NDE’ers actually having out of body experiences and travelling towards a light at the end of the tunnel? Or are they merely illusions of the mind? Today we tell the harrowing, sometimes tragic, and extraordinary stories of three individuals who might just possibly have travelled to the other side.
SOURCES
Books for general reading:
Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of Near Death Experience, Pim van Lommel (2011)
God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience, Jeffrey Long & Paul Perry (2016)
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Todd Burpo (2010)
Near-Death Experiences, The Rest of the Story: What They Teach Us About Living and Dying and Our True Purpose, P.M.H. Atwater (2011)
Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife, John Martin Fischer & Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin (2016)
Passage, Connie Willis (2002)
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander (2012)
What Happens When We Die?: A Groundbreaking Study into the Nature of Life and Death, Sam Parnia (2007)
Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences: How Understanding NDE’s Can Help Us Live More Fully, Penny Sartori (2014)
Vicki Noratuk’s story:
NDE Stories: http://ndestories.org/vicki-noratuk/
Near-death and out-of-body experiences in the blind: a study of apparent eyeless vision., Ring K, Cooper S., J Near-Death Studies. 1997;16:101–147. http://www.newdualism.org/nde-papers/Ring/Ring-Journal%20of%20Near-Death%20Studies_1997-16-101-147.pdf
People Born Blind Can See During a Near-Death Experience, http://www.near-death.com/science/evidence/people-born-blind-can-see-during-nde.html
Mr. A’s story:
AWARE Study Initial Results are Published, IANDS https://iands.org/news/news/front-page-news/1060-aware-study-initial-results-are-published.html
AWARE Study Results Finally Published: Does Not Prove Life After Death, http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/10/aware-study-results-finally-published-does-not-prove-life-after-death/
AWAREness Beyond Death?, http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2014/10/Awareness-Beyond-Death
The Seven Ways to have a Near Death Experience, BBC http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150303-what-its-really-like-to-die
Jeff Olsen’s story:
I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the Heart, Jeff Olsen (2012)
Near death experiences at heart of Jeff Olsen's memoir, lecture in Colorado Springs, The Gazette http://gazette.com/near-death-experiences-at-heart-of-jeff-olsens-memoir-lecture-in-colorado-springs/article/1558025
Additional resources:
IANDS, or the International Association for Near Death Studies, is an incredible resource for those who are just starting to learn about NDE’s or who are looking for a community of NDE’ers. http://iands.org
Alex Tsakiris has a podcast called Skeptiko: Science at the Tipping Point where in episode 326 he critically interviews Professor Mitchell-Yellin about his co-authored book and findings. It’s worth listening too! http://skeptiko.com/latest-near-death-experience-research-hit-job-326/
Journalist Gideon Lichfield published an in-depth and interesting article about NDE’s for April 2015 issue of The Atlantic. The article is called “The Science of Near-Death Experiences: Empirically investigating brushes with the afterlife.” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/
Dr. Sam Parnia is one of several scientists (including Dr. Penny Sartori and Dr. Jeffrey Long, among others) who have been on the cutting edge of scientific research into NDE’s. Here is a blog post he wrote on HuffPo called “Erasing Death.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-parnia-md-phd/resuscitation-science_b_2767935.html
Links to further reading:
http://discovermagazine.com/2016/may/9-a-brush-with-death
http://iands.org/ndes/nde-stories/iands-nde-accounts/1164-euphoria-way-beyond-crack-cocaine.html
http://www.ifac.univ-nantes.fr/IMG/pdf/Textes-C-3.pdf
http://infidels.org/library/modern/keith_augustine/HNDEs.html#maria
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55188
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171779
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/06/this-is-what-it-is-like-to-die-and-its-pretty-scary-5091269/
http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/who-will-watch-the-watchers.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790400/#B19
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16606911
http://www.nderf.org/NDERF/NDE_Experiences/tricia_b_nde.htm
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/21/172495667/resuscitation-experiences-and-erasing-death
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201105/the-neurology-near-death-experiences
http://www.salon.com/2011/01/13/near_death_experience_interview/
http://skeptiko.com/eeg-expert-on-near-death-experience/
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2128726-in-near-death-experiences-blind-people-see-for-first-time/
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/937605-the-neuroscience-of-near-death-experiences/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/11/near_death_explained/
http://records.viu.ca/www/ipp/pdf/NDE.pdf
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After a loooong hiatus, new content is coming to the podcast soon. In the meantime, my friend, the amazingly talented Grace Ong, has produced an edition of Episode 6: The Death of Elisa Lam translated completely into Mandarin.
When Grace first approached me with this idea, I honestly wasn't sure it would be possible. I certainly couldn't contribute, since I can't read Chinese or speak Mandarin. But through incredible persistence and effort (and possibly some help from the supermoon!) this busy mother of two managed to find time to translate the entire transcript of the episode, record the narration in Mandarin in her own voice, and edit the content into a finished product. Grace is clearly a person who needs her own podcast! :)
Grace told me she was motivated to do this project in order to spread word about Elisa's story to a wider Mandarin speaking audience, particularly given the wild rumors and speculation about Elisa Lam's death that were just as rampant in China as they were in the U.S. If you happen to know anyone who's primary speaking language is Mandarin, please consider recommending this episode to them.
And thank you Grace for putting this episode together!
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21 year old Elisa Lam was a college student from Vancouver traveling in Los Angeles when she went missing. Her parents called the police, and LAPD asked the public for help in finding her. What happened next was bizarre and mysterious, and became instant fodder for conspiracy theorists worldwide.
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LINKS:
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Cecil Hotel’s elevator surveillance footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YO4QbaNDjI
Film Transformer’s video of their investigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YweZJeZo13A&t=14&app=desktop (see comments for subtitles)
Lam’s autopsy report: http://www.pdf-archive.com/2014/02/24/el-autopsy/
Josh Dean, “American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel,” Medium.com: https://medium.com/matter/haunted-947d642a6d59#.8ifch0x8n
Tanis Podcast, Episode 103, “The Girl in the High Tower”: http://www.tanispodcast.com/