International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)

Hugging My Father’s Ghost with Zack Rogow

New Thinking AllowedOct 30, 2026

Poet and playwright Zack Rogow joins his cousin Jeffrey Mishlove to discuss his memoir 'Hugging My Father's Ghost,' in which he writes imagined dialogues with his father, author Lee Rogow, who died in a 1955 plane crash. Rogow calls the process a kind of literary after-death communication and does not claim it was genuine mediumship, but he says his father's wisecracking personality seemed to come through vividly. The conversation also uncovers family secrets, including a partner swap between two couples, a near-identical plane crash fate, and Lee's hidden role as inspiration for the hero of Herman Wouk's 'The Caine Mutiny.'

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.