Normal Paranormal is a podcast about people. So-called “normal” people who have experienced the strange and paranormal. Ready to get #realweird? Episodes start 9.27

Normal Paranormal is a podcast about people. So-called “normal” people who have experienced the strange and paranormal. Ready to get #realweird? Episodes start 9.27

Trailer – Season One

IT’S ALIVE! On our very first episode, we chat with Art Director and general rad human Andrea about her sightings in the glorious plains of Nebraska. We’ve got your ghosties. We’ve got your aliens. We’ve got your…Chihuly sculptures? What are we even talking about? Do we even know? Listen and find out! And then tweet at us and let us know what you think :). Mega ultra Bigfoot-sized special thanks to our friend Luke Pettipoole for writing, and his band The Envy Corps for performing, our IN.CRED.I.BLE. theme music.

IT’S ALIVE! On our very first episode, we chat with Art Director and general rad human Andrea about her sightings in the glorious plains of Nebraska. We’ve got your ghosties. We’ve got your aliens. We’ve got your…Chihuly sculptures? What are we even talking about? Do we even know? Listen and find out! And then tweet at us and let us know what you think :). Mega ultra Bigfoot-sized special thanks to our friend Luke Pettipoole for writing, and his band The Envy Corps for performing, our IN.CRED.I.BLE. theme music.

The Knights Templar of Nebraska

Tonight we welcome our good friend and boutique-guitar-accessory-slinger, Albert, to the show! We’ll talk about his spooky experiences growing up, why he still can’t sleep with the door open, and his love of Cici’s Pizza. It’s a good one, folx, so give a listen if you dare! As always, we’d love to hear YOUR stories. Give us a shout at @npnpodcast on Twitter!

Tonight we welcome our good friend and boutique-guitar-accessory-slinger, Albert, to the show! We’ll talk about his spooky experiences growing up, why he still can’t sleep with the door open, and his love of Cici’s Pizza. It’s a good one, folx, so give a listen if you dare! As always, we’d love to hear YOUR stories. Give us a shout at @npnpodcast on Twitter!

Fuzz Dolphin

Tonight’s guest is Jessica, an amazing designer and house DJ from the SF Bay. We’ll talk about her new apartment, her family’s haunted daycare, and her time as part of a rag tag group of teens in an 80’s horror flick. Did your family own haunted property? Did *you* terrorize your neighborhood? Share your thrilling story with us — @npnpodcast on Twitter!

Tonight’s guest is Jessica, an amazing designer and house DJ from the SF Bay. We’ll talk about her new apartment, her family’s haunted daycare, and her time as part of a rag tag group of teens in an 80’s horror flick. Did your family own haunted property? Did *you* terrorize your neighborhood? Share your thrilling story with us — @npnpodcast on Twitter!

Legit EMF

Jamie visits the show tonight with stories of a former life…as a high school sales-clerk at a suburban Goodwill. We’ll talk with her about overpriced jeans, used perfume bottles, and other cursed objects. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen in a thrift shop? Do things still belong to us after we die? Let us know your thoughts on Twitter @npnpodcast, with the hashtag #realweird.

Jamie visits the show tonight with stories of a former life…as a high school sales-clerk at a suburban Goodwill. We’ll talk with her about overpriced jeans, used perfume bottles, and other cursed objects. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen in a thrift shop? Do things still belong to us after we die? Let us know your thoughts on Twitter @npnpodcast, with the hashtag #realweird.

Goodwill Haunting

Ghost Confetti

On tonight’s show we talk about life as a freelancer, his cute lil’ pup, and oh yeah, that time a bunch of ghosts took over his apartment and threw a party. Have ghosts ever taken over your house? Do you want them to? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird. Images referenced in the show: Will’s Alarm Clock Will’s Apartment

On tonight’s show we talk about life as a freelancer, his cute lil’ pup, and oh yeah, that time a bunch of ghosts took over his apartment and threw a party. Have ghosts ever taken over your house? Do you want them to? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird. Images referenced in the show: <a href="https://npnpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wills-alarm-clock.jpg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Will’s Alarm Clock</a> <a href="https://npnpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wills-apartment.png" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Will’s Apartment</a>

Ghost Confetti, Ghost Parade

In this super-sized episode for Halloween, we talk to Vera about her lifetime of paranormal encounters. Invisible creatures, demons, disembodied voices…this is a great one to get yourself spooked! Have you ever seen a demon? Heard something you couldn’t place the source of? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird!

In this super-sized episode for Halloween, we talk to Vera about her lifetime of paranormal encounters. Invisible creatures, demons, disembodied voices…this is a great one to get yourself spooked! Have you ever seen a demon? Heard something you couldn’t place the source of? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird!

…Another One

Issac visits today’s show to talk about a visitation of his own…from the unknown. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? Did it even happen at all? We’ll talk to Isaac about everything from his favorite alien movies, to Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the ephemerality of memory and why he’s not sure if he can trust even himself. Have you ever seen something unexplainable? Did other people see it too? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird!

Issac visits today’s show to talk about a visitation of his own…from the unknown. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? Did it even happen at all? We’ll talk to Isaac about everything from his favorite alien movies, to Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the ephemerality of memory and why he’s not sure if he can trust even himself. Have you ever seen something unexplainable? Did other people see it too? Let us know on twitter @npnpodcast with the hashtag #realweird!

My Brother Said He Saw It Too

It’s the season one finale! We’re taking tonight in a slightly different direction than normal, and talking to Mandy about some of the least understood paranormal phenomena out there…the ones that live inside of ourselves. We might even have a #realweird surprise at the end… Thanks to everyone that’s listened to us this season! We hope you’ve had as much fun as we have. Interested in telling *your* story in season two? Send us an email! hey@npnpodcast.com. Or, as always, reach out on twitter @npnpodcast.

It’s the season one finale! We’re taking tonight in a slightly different direction than normal, and talking to Mandy about some of the least understood paranormal phenomena out there…the ones that live inside of ourselves. We might even have a #realweird surprise at the end… Thanks to everyone that’s listened to us this season! We hope you’ve had as much fun as we have. Interested in telling *your* story in season two? Send us an email! hey@npnpodcast.com. Or, as always, reach out on twitter @npnpodcast.

Get to Know the Spoon – Season Finale

In the first episode of season two, we’re back with stories of hauntings and healings for halloween! Mali visits the show to talk about her experiences as a shaman, healer, and former manager of a haunted tattoo shop with a hairless cat on the bathroom counter. We’re still recording episodes for this season! Do *you* have a #realweird experience to share? Hit us up via email — hey@npnpodcast.com, or on twitter — @npnpodcast! — This season is dedicated to our beloved studio cat and friend, Coco Bear. We love and miss you!

In the first episode of season two, we’re back with stories of hauntings and healings for halloween! Mali visits the show to talk about her experiences as a shaman, healer, and former manager of a haunted tattoo shop with a hairless cat on the bathroom counter. We’re still recording episodes for this season! Do *you* have a #realweird experience to share? Hit us up via email — hey@npnpodcast.com, or on twitter — @npnpodcast! — This season is dedicated to our beloved studio cat and friend, Coco Bear. We love and miss you!

The Opposite of an Exorcism

Normal Paranormal is a podcast about “normal” people who have experienced #realweird.

These are my people! I don’t have a ghost or alien or woodland fairy sighting story, but like perhaps the hosts, I am a healthy mix of believer and skeptic. So the tone and subject matter of these are so satisfying. Listen! It’s a fun one.

So good!

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Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders. Using a pioneering state-of-the-art studio at the Harvard Business School, Professor Sandel is joined by 60 participants from over 30 countries in a truly global digital space. Is there any moral distinction between a political refugee and an economic migrant? If people have the right to exit a country, why not a right to enter? Do nations have the right to protect the affluence of their citizens? And is there such a thing as a 'national identity'? These are just some of the questions addressed by Professor Sandel in this first edition of The Global Philosopher.Audience producer: Louise ColettaProducer: David EdmondsEditor: Richard Knight(Image taken by Rose Lincoln)

The Public Philosopher

Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders. Using a pioneering state-of-the-art studio at the Harvard Business School, Professor Sandel is joined by 60 participants from over 30 countries in a truly global digital space. Is there any moral distinction between a political refugee and an economic migrant? If people have the right to exit a country, why not a right to enter? Do nations have the right to protect the affluence of their citizens? And is there such a thing as a 'national identity'? These are just some of the questions addressed by Professor Sandel in this first edition of The Global Philosopher. Audience producer: Louise Coletta Producer: David Edmonds Editor: Richard Knight (Image taken by Rose Lincoln)

The Global Philosopher: Should Borders Matter?

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the implications of AI and automation, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at samharris.org/subscribe.

Making Sense with Sam Harris

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the implications of AI and automation, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at <a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">samharris.org/subscribe</a>.

#138 — The Edge of Humanity

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How our mind explains things:[topic-start]
“The way that the mind works, very frequently, is that we start from a decision, or we start from a belief, and then the stories that explain it come to our mind. Conclusions come first, and rationalizations come later.”[topic-end]
How we come to believe things:[topic-start]
"The real cause of your belief in a political position, the real causes are rooted in your personal history. They’re rooted in who are the people that you trusted and what they seemed to believe in, and it has very little to do with the reasons that come to your mind, why your position is correct and the position of the other side is nonsensical."[topic-end]
Who is Daniel Kahneman:[topic-start]
Nobel prize winning psychologist and economist who helped created the field of behavioural economics.

The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist on why we think and act the way we do — and why facts matter less than we think in forming our beliefs.
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior. He is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics for helping to create the field of behavioral economics — and is a self-described “constant worrier.” It’s fun, helpful, and more than a little unnerving to apply his insights into why we think and act the way we do in this moment of social and political tumult.
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Daniel Kahneman — Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

Real scenarios of a hospital during a war:[topic-start]
“... we were hand squeezing his ventilator as we ran out of oxygen" and when we finally found the physician to get more oxygen, he said "We don't have any oxygen left, you're going to have to let him go"[topic-end]
Who is Sheri Fink:[topic-start]
An investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Memorial Hospital (the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).

Sheri Fink on the tragedy of being forced to choose who's life to save

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, Sheri Fink’s exhaustively reported Five Days at Memorial You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

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When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, <a href="http://www.sherifink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheri Fink’s</a> exhaustively reported <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471783956&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five+days+at+memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Days at Memorial</a> You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/triage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/triage</a> Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=radiolab-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiolab.org/donate</a>.

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