An absolutely terrific show from 2001 entitled Ruins, Caves and Tunnels. On it, David Hatcher Childress describes actually walking mysterious tunnels under the Andes, Konstantinos and two witnesses describe the results of an internet seance. Linda Moulton Howe reports on ancient copper mines in Michigan that might have been used by miners from Europe.read more
Jeff Kripal is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University and the author of the introduction to Whitley Strieber’s upcoming book "Solving the Communion Enigma." Here, he tells us about the new mythical figures of our age, the superheroes, supervillians and ‘dangerous strangers’ that populate our imaginations and–in the form of apparent aliens and ‘others’ of all kinds–our lives.read more
Worried that death is the end. Forget it, it’s just he beginning and Raymond Moody has proved it! Here he tells us about a fantastic NEW discovery, the "shared death experience," where living relatives accompany the dying into the world of the dead, then return to this reality. Enjoy this wonderful opportunity to listen to one of the great scientists of our time tell about his cutting edge research. William also tells a powerful story of how his wife Claire, during a near-death experience, actually used ideas from Raymond Moody’s books to guide her through the event.
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Are you lonely? Join he club: Although the average Facebook user has some 130 "friends," in reality, Americans have, on average, slightly more than two confidantes, down from three 25 years ago.
Sociologist Matthew Brashears says that although the social network "makes us potentially more vulnerable," the good news is that "we’re not as socially isolated as scholars had feared." Over the last few years, the average size of the group with whom we discuss important matters has shrunk by about one-third (from about three people to two).
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