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| The Quest for Immortality, Communing with Spirits, and More |
| June 22, 2012 |
Summary: The human obsession with living forever, how to contact ‘the other side,’ and Bay Buchanan on life as a single, Mormon mom. |
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| Outrunning the Reaper |
June 22, 2012 |
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Seeking everlasting life is about more than just leaving a mark - since the beginning of recorded history, humans have strived to keep the self, soul and body perpetually alive. Philosopher Stephen Cave calls this urge a universal obsession, the driving force behind our greatest monuments, scientific advancements, and world religions.
Pictured: "Mortality and Immortality" by Williams Michael Harnett, 1876
Stephen Cave, author of “Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Civilization”
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| Communing With ‘The Other Side’ |
June 22, 2012 |
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Sandra Belanger makes a living confronting death and the afterlife – two things, she says, many people don’t want to think about. She believes that after people die, something about them is still out there. And her job is to communicate with them.
Produced by Priscilla Yuki Wilson for KALW
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| Bay Buchanan: My Life As a Single, Mormon Mom |
June 22, 2012 |
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Conservative pundit Bay Buchanan had two sons and a third on the way when her husband walked out, and she found herself a single mom. But she wasn’t on her own. She found community and purpose in her Mormon faith, which places a strong emphasis on family bonds.
Bay Buchanan, senior advisor to Mitt Romney and author of “Bay and Her Boys: Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a (Single) Mom”
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