Episodes

  • Peeranormal 22: Intercessory Prayer
    May 29 2021
    Nearly twenty studies of whether intercessory prayer has a positive (or any) effect on seriously ill patients have been conducted by physicians and other medical researchers since 1965. Results are mixed, ranging from mild positive effects to an increase in adverse effects. The assumptions of the very idea have been challenged—is prayer something that can… Continue reading Peeranormal 22: Intercessory Prayer
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Peeranormal 21: Live from Branson
    Aug 12 2019
    Live from Branson, Missouri.
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    56 mins
  • Peeranormal 20: Orb Photographs
    May 10 2019
    Photographs of “orbs” – small circular or globular lights – that are invisible to the naked eye at the time of the photography are ubiquitous on the internet. Very little scientific research has been conducted to explain the photographic phenomenon. Most of the discussion online asserts that orbs are spirits or some other energy life… Continue reading Peeranormal 20: Orb Photographs
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    56 mins
  • Peeranormal 19: Déjà Vu
    Feb 6 2019
    Many people have experienced déjà vu, the feeling that a situation or event is familiar, though there is no evidence that the situation has been experienced before. Recent studies have shown that roughly two-thirds of people have experienced déjà vu at least once. This episode explores three research articles chronicling the phenomenon and its elements… Continue reading Peeranormal 19: Déjà Vu
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    51 mins
  • Peeranormal 19: Déjà Vu
    Feb 6 2019
    Many people have experienced déjà vu, the feeling that a situation or event is familiar, though there is no evidence that the situation has been experienced before. Recent studies have shown that roughly two-thirds of people have experienced déjà vu at least once. This episode explores three research articles chronicling the phenomenon and its elements… Continue reading Peeranormal 19: Déjà Vu
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    51 mins
  • Peeranormal 18: Samhain and Halloween
    Oct 27 2018
    “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in,” with the “ow” like in “cow,” or “sow-een,” with “ow” as in “glow”) is an Irish Gaelic term for the time of “summer’s end,” as well as a festival to mark the end of the harvest season and the onset of winter which, in the Gaelic / Celtic calendar, marked the beginning of… Continue reading Peeranormal 18: Samhain and Halloween
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Peeranormal 17: Quantum Physics and Metaphysics Part 3
    Aug 1 2018
    This episode is the final in our series on quantum mechanics and its presumed relationship to metaphysical ideas, religion, theology, and the paranormal. As in Part 1 and Part 2, our panel welcomes Dr. Rob (“Putty”) Putman, who holds a PhD in theoretical quantum physics, but who is presently pastoring a church in Illinois. In… Continue reading Peeranormal 17: Quantum Physics and Metaphysics Part 3
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Peeranormal 16: Quantum Physics and Metaphysics Part 2
    Jul 1 2018
    This episode continues our series on quantum mechanics and its presumed relationship to metaphysical ideas, religion, theology, and the paranormal. As in Part 1, our panel welcomes Dr. Rob (“Putty”) Putman, who holds a PhD in theoretical quantum physics, but who is presently pastoring a church in Illinois. In this second episode, we focus on… Continue reading Peeranormal 16: Quantum Physics and Metaphysics Part 2
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    1 hr and 18 mins