Is There Proof of Life After Death?
CrowdScience
BBC
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Is there any scientific proof of an afterlife? Six months ago, CrowdScience tackled a question from a listener who wanted to know whether there was life after death. But following more listener emails, presenter Marnie Chesterton returns to the subject to investigate the world of ghosts, souls and parapsychology. She meets Professor Susan Blackmore, who studies out-of-body experiences and has spent decades hunting for scientific proof of life after death. And she visits the woman who, despite dying in the 1950s, is alive and thriving on a cellular level and helping scientists find cures for cancer, Parkinson’s and other diseases, in laboratories across the world…
Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at crowdscience@bbc.co.uk
Produced and Presented by Marnie Chesterton
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| 0:04.0 | I'm Tammy Walker and I produce podcasts for the BBC. |
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| 0:29.1 | Sounds. |
| 0:29.6 | Hey there, this is the Crowds Science Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Marnie Chesterton. |
| 0:37.0 | And although bits of this show first aired earlier this year, it's mainly a sequel and one in which not only will you get to meet the woman who is alive and dead at the same time |
| 0:47.5 | But you'll also meet the scientist who's dedicated 40 years to looking for signs of the afterlife. You're going to love it. |
| 0:55.1 | This is the show that tracks down researchers to answer your questions on all matters |
| 1:00.1 | scientific and I'm here in the studio with producer Jen. Say hello Jen. |
| 1:04.7 | Hello Jen. Ha ha ha. Now when crowd science tackles a question and Jen will confirm |
| 1:10.7 | this it often ends up sparking more questions from the listeners and |
| 1:14.8 | that's what happened six months ago when listener Prattiba in India was pretty much the biggest |
| 1:20.7 | question I can think of. |
| 1:22.0 | It was enormous. It's the biggest one I can think of. It was enormous. |
| 1:22.6 | It's the biggest one I think we've tackled. |
| 1:24.7 | Okay, let's hear from her. |
| 1:28.0 | Hi Crowd Science on BBC World Service. |
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