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The Case for the Afterlife with Chris Carter

New Thinking AllowedAug 28, 2026

Oxford-educated physics teacher Chris Carter joins psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove to argue that science, done properly, does not rule out life after death and may actually support it. Carter lays out five independent lines of evidence, namely deathbed visions, near-death experiences, apparitions, children who remember past lives, and communication through mediums, which he says all point to the survival of consciousness. Highlights include a chess match allegedly played between a living grandmaster and a dead one through a medium, and a dying woman who 'saw' a sister whose death had been kept from her.

The Soul with Emile Alexandrov

New Thinking AllowedAug 28, 2026

Psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove and philosopher Emile Alexandrov trace how the idea of the soul has shifted across Greek, Buddhist, Islamic, Christian, Enlightenment and modern thought. They contrast the Greek view of the soul as a fragment of cosmic reason, Aquinas's eternal individual soul, and the Buddhist doctrine of no-self that still allows for rebirth. The conversation reaches parapsychological evidence for survival after death and the Russian Cosmist dream of resurrecting every human who has ever lived, while asking whether whatever survives death remains an individual.

Researching Near-Death Experiences with Bruce Greyson (4K Reboot)

New Thinking AllowedAug 11, 2026

Psychiatrist Bruce Greyson, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and creator of the most widely used near-death experience scale, looks back on nearly 50 years of studying what people experience at the edge of death. He describes cases where patients accurately reported events while unconscious, met deceased people no one yet knew had died, and came back permanently changed, and he explains why proposed explanations such as oxygen loss, drugs, and mental illness have not held up against the data. He also reveals a surprising historical link: Albert Einstein may have been inspired by his geology professor's account of time slowing down during a near-fatal fall.