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What Does Death Feel Like?
Originally aired on 10/14/2016

Dr. Sam Parnia talks about the universal human experience of dying, the sensations people describe when they recover after suffering cardiac death, and what science reveals about our psyches after death.

Guests: Dr. Sam Parnia , Lisa Lee Freeman , Tariq Sheppard , James Byrne

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