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Shows on Ancestors & Afterlife

Malidoma Somé on Indigenous Ritual & Cosmology

In this interview, Dr. Zoh speaks with the esteemed Elder Malidoma Patrice Somé, Ph.D., just after the release of his powerful book, Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman. Dr. Somé shares his life story, from being taken from his village and brought to a Jesuit mission school, to his subsequent commitment to upholding and teaching the knowledge and wisdom of the Indigenous Dagara people, with a focus on the crucial importance of ritual, healing through ancestral connection, and community-making.

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Living Well After Death with Dr. Matt McKay

Dr. Bob interviews Dr. Matt McKay, clinical psychologist, founder of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic, and author of the Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife. After grieving the tragic death of his son, Jordan, McKay discovered his own ability to communicate with the “other side.” McKay now shares what he’s learned from Jordan about the afterlife in hopes to soothe anxiety about death for those still on Earth.

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Ancestral Medicine with Daniel Foor, PhD

Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and teacher whose work helps people of all backgrounds access ancestral medicine. Foor emphasizes the reclamation of ritual arts as a method to connect with our near and distant ancestors and thus make meaning of our current incarnation. In conversation with Dr. Zoh, Daniel provides a culturally rich framework for a relationship-centered pathway toward communal healing.

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Research on Children Remembering Past Lives with Jim Tucker

Jim B. Tucker, M.D. is Bonner-Lowry Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. Up until his retirement, he was Director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies, where he continued the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives. In this interview, Tucker joins Dr. Zoh to share his research and discuss the confounding questions of life after death, the nature of consciousness, and what happens when we listen to children.

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Supernatural Experiences in the Operating Room with Dr. Allan Hamilton

Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, M.D. joins Dr. Bob to discuss his experiences witnessing near-death experiences, premonitions, and other unexplained events in over 30 years as a neurosurgeon and how these experiences changed his perception of medicine, life, and the human spirit. These stories are shared in his book The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope.

Interview originally recorded in 2008.

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Carl Calleman on The Purposeful Universe

Physical biologist & professor, Dr. Carl Calleman joins Dr. Zoh to discuss how to truly understand the Mayan calendar, how the Mayans understood intelligent design and human interconnectedness and why we may have lost this awareness in modern society. Interview originally recorded in 2012.

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