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Aug 2023
35m 44s

PHONE CALLS FROM THE DEAD!

Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films
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Your fan mail gets answered this week!

  • Arthur from Japan writes in and asks Paul and Stephen to discuss Thomas Edison’s spirit phone, a little known device to contact the dead. What happened with Edison’s quest to prove life after death, and what’s TikTok got to do with it? 
  • Also learn about a ghostly human voice recording from the 1840s (predating known technology)!
  • Add to that a bonus visit with William Shatner musing about ghosts and paranormal activity.

Your takeaway? As usual, none of us really know sh*t.

Paul Giamatti is an award-winning actor and producer. Stephen Asma is a professor and author specializing in the philosophy of science, religion, and art.

Note: This episode was recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

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