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How Do We Face Our Own Mortality?

Series: The Really Big Questions
From: SoundVision Productions
Length: 00:53:29

Death is a fact of life, an absolute and unavoidable certainty. And yet, death often comes as a shock, as if unexpected. Why? Read the full description.
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Death_square-trbq2_small Because, contrary to all human experience, we just don’t want to believe death will happen to us. A growing body of evidence suggests that the fear of death influences how we vote, shop, and even how we judge our mothers. Does the fear of death shape how we live? NPR’s Lynn Neary poses these questions to leading researchers in an engaging conversation about how we handle life and death.
The broadcast window for the series is October 15, 2009 - March 31, 2010. Go deeper http://www.stations.trbq.org
Station Contact: Ms Stevie Beck, stevie@SchardtMEDIA.org 612.825.6363

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Because, contrary to all human experience, we just don’t want to believe death will happen to us. A growing body of evidence suggests that the fear of death influences how we vote, shop, and even how we judge our mothers. Does the fear of death shape how we live? NPR’s Lynn Neary poses these questions to leading researchers in an engaging conversation about how we handle life and death.
The broadcast window for the series is October 15, 2009 - March 31, 2010. Go deeper http://www.stations.trbq.org
Station Contact: Ms Stevie Beck, stevie@SchardtMEDIA.org 612.825.6363

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Yekini Buraimoh

Posted on October 04, 2009 at 07:41 AM | Permalink

Spiritual Component

I've really enjoyed this promo.
I like to suggest that spiritual contents on what we do or what we are when we die or leave this plane of existence be added to these pieces.
Thank you.

Yekini Buraimoh

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