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Plenty of people hear voices nobody else can hear

March 24, 2023 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Ben Alderson-Day, an associate professor of psychology, joins us to discuss the psychology and neuroscience of feeling watched or hearing voices as he tries to unravel a phenomenon felt by people the world over.

Demi Moore sits in front of Patrick Swayze in a scene from the movie Ghost.

Seeing Ghosts Can Actually Be Good For Us

April 27, 2021 Culture, Health, History, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Patricia Pearson joins us to talk about why we dismiss these phenomena as nonsense and what we miss in the healing process when we do.

When Scientists Dabbled In Clairvoyance

January 25, 2021 Health, History, Science and Technology

Alicia Puglionesi holds a Ph.D. in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology from Johns Hopkins University, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a field of study that tried to make a science of the unexplained.