Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for a look at two interviews that shed light on recent reports suggesting a scientific explanation for near-death experiences has been discovered in the work of Dr. Jimo Borjigin, at the University of Michigan. For more visit http://www.skeptiko.com/223-dumbest-explanation-yet-for-near-death-experience Skeptiko.com is the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. We cover six main categories: - Near-death experience science and the ever growing body of peer-reviewed research surrounding it. - Parapsychology and science that defies our current understanding of consciousness. - Consciousness research and the every expanding scientific understanding of who we are. - Spirituality and the implications of new scientific discoveries to our understanding of it. - Others and the strangeness of close encounters. - Skepticism and what we should make of the "Skeptics". ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjnCV2ccco

They may shun religious dogma, and scientific dogma too, but Ken Jordan of Reality Sandwich has tapped into a group that's restarting the consciousness culture revolution. Interview with Ken Jordan co-founder and executive editor of Reality Sandwich and Evolver of on the consciousness revolution and its impact on culture. Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Ken Jordan about the consciousness revolution and the shifting paradigm in science and our culture: For more visit: http://www.skeptiko.com/280-ken-jordan-of-reality-sandwich-on-consciousness-culture/ Skeptiko.com is the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. We cover six main categories: - Near-death experience science and the ever growing body of peer-reviewed research surrounding it. - Parapsychology and science that defies our current understanding of consciousness. - Consciousness research and the every expanding scientific understanding of who we are. - Spirituality and the implications of new scientific discoveries to our understanding of it. - Others and the strangeness of close encounters. - Skepticism and what we should make of the "Skeptics". ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXEvnXLwu8

Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko on Grimerica with Leslie Kean regarding her UFO story in the NYT For more visit https://youtu.be/BXsYYa73r9c Skeptiko.com is the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. We cover six main categories: - Near-death experience science and the ever growing body of peer-reviewed research surrounding it. - Parapsychology and science that defies our current understanding of consciousness. - Consciousness research and the every expanding scientific understanding of who we are. - Spirituality and the implications of new scientific discoveries to our understanding of it. - Others and the strangeness of close encounters. - Skepticism and what we should make of the "Skeptics". ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYwykvMTv0

Chaos magician and author Gordon White on the blurring of parapsychology and magic. For more visit: http://skeptiko.com/gordon-white-will-magic-kill-parapsychology/ About the show: Skeptiko.com is the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. We cover six main categories: - Near-death experience science and the ever growing body of peer-reviewed research on survival of conscosiness. - Parapsychology/Psi and related science defining our understanding of consciousness. - Consciousness research and related neuroscience. - Spirituality and the implications of consciousness research on the questions that define who we are. - Others and the strangeness of close encounters with UFOs and alien beings. - Skepticism and what we should make of the "Skeptics." ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFI0a-SLyWc