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by Ky Dickens
The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast that explores the origins of consciousness and the unexplained abilities of ESP through science, verifiable experience, formal testing, and human story. In Season One, non-speaking individuals with autism reveal striking telepathic abilities that challenge everything we thought we knew about the mind. In Season Two, The Consciousness Cassettes, the lens widens to extraordinary experiences that invite us to rethink reality itself. From near-death experiences to telepathic communication with animals, energy healing to plant intelligence, and the origins of creativity to sudden savant abilities, each episode offers a rare glimpse into the vast terrain of consciousness beyond the brain. In Season Three, The Reincarnation Records, the investigation deepens with a provocative question: What if memory doesn’t begin at birth? Through children’s seemingly impossible past-life memories, families’ searches for answers, and researchers’ efforts to verify extraordinary details, the season explores whether these accounts could offer clues to one of humanity’s oldest mysteries: Does consciousness survive death?
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- 2 days ago51 min
S3E4: Do Birthmarks Carry Evidence of a Past Life?
A child remembers being murdered with a blow to the head and bears an unusual mark in the same place. Another recalls being shot, with birthmarks that appear to match a bullet's entry and exit wounds. But what makes these cases extraordinary is that researchers identified the real people whose lives the children claimed to remember and, in some cases, uncovered autopsy reports and medical records documenting fatal injuries that appeared to match the children's birthmarks and birth defects.Dr. Ian Stevenson, founder of the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies, was so fascinated by these cases that he devoted decades to investigating them. These physical correspondences make children's past-life memories far more difficult to explain away as coincidence, imagination, or suggestion.Could the human body carry physical evidence that consciousness survives death?_______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Dive into the work of those interviewed in this episode:Dr. Ian Stevenson Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. First published 1966 as Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 26. Second revised and enlarged edition 1974, University Press of Virginia.Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. I: Ten Cases in India. 1975, University Press of Virginia.Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. II: Ten Cases in Sri Lanka. University Press of Virginia. Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. III: Twelve Cases in Lebanon and Turkey. 1980, University Press of Virginia.Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. IV: Twelve Cases in Thailand and Burma. 1983, University Press of Virginia.Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation. 1987, University Press of Virginia. Revised edition, McFarland.Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects. 1997, Praeger.Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect. 1997, Praeger.European Cases of the Reincarnation Type. 2003, McFarland.Xenoglossy: A Review and Report of a Case. 1974, University Press of Virginia.Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy. 1984, University Press of Virginia.Telepathic Impressions: A Review and Report of Thirty-Five New Cases. 1970, University Press of Virginia.Dr. James Matlock Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory. 2019, Rowman & Littlefield.I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation. 2016, White Crow Books.Dr. Jim TuckerLife Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives. 2005, St. Martin's Press.<a href="https://link.amazon/B0651rvFP" r
- 1 weeks ago43 min
S3E3: Past Lives: Inside UVA's 60-Year Investigation| The Reincarnation Records
Can a child really remember a life that came before their own? And what happens when those memories contain details that can be independently verified?For more than 60 years, researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated thousands of children who claim to remember previous lives, developing methods to test their extraordinary accounts. In this episode, we explore the science behind those investigations, the surprising patterns emerging from decades of research, and a remarkable case from Sri Lanka involving a young girl who recalls a distant village, another family, and even a hidden container of money.If a child's memories match the life of someone who actually existed, what does that tell us? Is it coincidence, something science has yet to explain, or evidence of reincarnation?_______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Dive into the work of those interviewed in this episode:Dr. Ian Stevenson Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. First published 1966 as Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 26. Second revised and enlarged edition 1974, University Press of Virginia. Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. I: Ten Cases in India. 1975, University Press of Virginia.Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. II: Ten Cases in Sri Lanka. University Press of Virginia. Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. III: Twelve Cases in Lebanon and Turkey. 1980, University Press of Virginia. Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Vol. IV: Twelve Cases in Thailand and Burma. 1983, University Press of Virginia. Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation. 1987, University Press of Virginia. Revised edition, McFarland. Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects. 1997, Praeger. Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect. 1997, Praeger.European Cases of the Reincarnation Type. 2003, McFarland.Xenoglossy: A Review and Report of a Case. 1974, University Press of Virginia.Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy. 1984, University Press of Virginia. Telepathic Impressions: A Review and Report of Thirty-Five New Cases. 1970, University Press of Virginia. Dr. James Matlock Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory. 2019, Rowman & Littlefield. I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation. 2016, White Crow Books. Dr. Jim TuckerLife Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives. 2005, St. Martin's Press.Return to Life: Ext
- 2 weeks ago48 min
S3E2: When Reincarnation Leaves a Paper Trail | The Reincarnation Records
Carol Bowman, a mother turned researcher of children’s past-life memories, begins with a question she can’t shake: if children are carrying memories from another life, could talking about them help them heal? When a frightened mother calls about her three-year-old son Blake, Carol gets a chance to find out. After months of unexplained pain, withdrawal, and memories of being killed by a truck, one conversation appears to change him overnight. The experience propels Carol onto the national stage and brings stories from families across America pouring in.But healing is one thing. Evidence is another. Years later, Carol encounters the kind of case she has been searching for: a young Louisiana boy plagued by nightmares of dying in a burning airplane. He begins offering specific details about a World War II pilot, an aircraft carrier, fellow servicemen, and where he says he was shot down. His Christian father sets out to find another explanation, until his investigation begins uncovering names, military records, eyewitnesses, recognitions, and a dead pilot whose life appears to match his son’s memories.When a child’s story comes with names, records, witnesses, recognitions, and a paper trail, does that mean reincarnation is real? Or is something else giving these children access to information they seemingly could not know?_______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Dive into the work of those interviewed in this episode:Bruce and Andrea Leininger:Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot. 2009, Grand Central Publishing.https://link.amazon/B0j2nfg29Jim B Tucker: Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives. 2005, St. Martin's Press.https://link.amazon/B08XQsoN6Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives. 2013, St. Martin's Press.https://link.amazon/B0651rvFPBefore: Children's Memories of Previous Lives. St. Martin's Essentials.https://link.amazon/B0arAPXerCarol Bowman:Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child. 1997, Bantam.https://link.amazon/B00OX5sGkReturn from Heaven: Beloved Relatives Reincarnated Within Your Family. 2001, HarperCollins.https://link.amazon/B0e7untar_______Thank you to our sponsors!Alloy - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order! HomeServe - Join the millions of customers who trust HomeServe, For 50% less your first year, got to homeserve.com/tapesKa'Chava - Go to kachava.com and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order.Luminara - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to <a href="https://www.luminara.care/" rel="noopener noreferre
- 3 weeks ago35 min
S3E1: The Boy Who Remembered Dying | The Reincarnation Records
When five-year-old Chase Bowman developed an inexplicable terror of loud booming sounds, his mother, Carol, had no idea what was causing it. Then, sitting on her lap at their kitchen table, Chase began describing another life: a soldier on a battlefield, a gun with a bayonet, a wound to his wrist, and ultimately, his own death. What happened afterward was just as startling. The chronic eczema on Chase’s wrist cleared, and his debilitating fear of loud noises disappeared.For Carol, that moment changed everything. A stay-at-home mom with no background in science or reincarnation research, she became determined to understand what had happened to her son. Were experiences like Chase’s real? Were other children having them? How common are these memories in the West, especially in Judeo-Christian families like hers? Could simply remembering and talking about these memories somehow help children heal? Her search would lead her to the work of pioneering researcher Ian Stevenson and eventually beyond her own family, as Carol began looking for other American parents whose children were describing memories they couldn’t explain. Was she uncovering something hidden in plain sight about memory, consciousness, and what survives death? Or were parents simply finding meaning in experiences that could be explained by more conventional means?_______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Dive into the work of those interviewed in this episode:Carol Bowman:Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child. 1997, Bantam.Return from Heaven: Beloved Relatives Reincarnated Within Your Family. 2001, HarperCollins.Roger Woolger:Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives. 1987, Doubleday. Healing Your Past Lives: Exploring the Many Lives of the Soul. 2004, Sounds True.Helen Wambach:Reliving Past Lives: The Evidence Under Hypnosis. 1978, Harper & Row.Life Before Life: Is There Life Before Birth? 750 Cases of Hypnosis. 2020, White Crow Books. Mass Dreams of the Future. 1989, McGraw-Hill, completed by Chet Snow after her death. Edith Fiore:You Have Been Here Before: A Psychologist Looks at Past Lives. 1978, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.The Unquiet Dead: A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession. 1987, Doubleday._______Thank you to our sponsors!Alloy - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order! Butcher BoxKa'Chava - Go to kachava.com and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order.Lola Blankets - For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with co
- 4 weeks ago41 min
S2E54: When Caelum Came Back Part II | Talk Tracks
In Part Two of Caelum's story, we go deeper into the writings and experiences he has shared with his family since learning to communicate through facilitated communication.Joining Caelum's mother, Anne-Marie, is his brother Jacob, who has spent years communicating with Caelum and documenting his thoughts in journals. Together, they share Caelum's reflections on God, consciousness, death, and what he says he experienced during the time he was outside his body after his drowning.Caelum describes being given a choice to remain in the presence of God or return to this reality, and explains why he believes he came back with a purpose: to teach. He shares his understanding of what happens after death, what he calls different “realities” and levels of consciousness, and the role of love, service, and free will in our lives.We also hear some of Caelum's poetry and reflections on his paintings, as well as stories about the unusual ways his family says he perceives the people and world around him._______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Thank you to our sponsors!Alloy - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order! Ka'Chava - Go to kachava.com and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order.Shopify - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/tapes.Progressive - Insurance isn't one-size-fits-all. Visit Progressive.com and find a rate that works for you with the Name Your Price® tool.BiOptimizers - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes when you use my code, TAPES.Quince - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.Luminara - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care and use code TAPES20.Lola Blankets - For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code TAPES at checkout, go to lolablankets.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Sep 30, 202630 min
S2E53: When Caelum Came Back Part I | Talk Tracks
At 17 months old, Caelum Miller suffered a near-fatal drowning that left him with a severe traumatic brain injury. Doctors told his family he would likely remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. But his parents refused to close the door on what might be possible.Years later, Caelum learned to communicate through facilitated communication and began sharing thoughts, memories, and experiences that his family says challenged everything they understood about his consciousness.In this episode, Caelum and his mother, Anne-Marie, tell the story of his remarkable recovery and the moment communication changed everything. Caelum describes what he says he experienced while outside his body, including an encounter with a deceased musician he had never met, and shares his perspective on God, consciousness, and what he believes happens beyond this physical world.We also hear from Anne-Marie about the skepticism surrounding facilitated communication, the years of journals documenting Caelum's words, and what it has meant for their family to discover a voice they were once told they would never hear._______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Thank you to our sponsors!Alloy - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order! Ka'Chava - Go to kachava.com and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order.Shopify - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/tapes.Progressive - Insurance isn't one-size-fits-all. Visit Progressive.com and find a rate that works for you with the Name Your Price® tool.BiOptimizers - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes when you use my code, TAPES.Quince - Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to Quince.com/tapes for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.Luminara - If you’re curious about energy healing and ready to experience it for yourself, Luminara is offering 20% off your first session for listeners of The Telepathy Tapes. Just go to luminara.care and use code TAPES20.Lola Blankets - For a limited time, our listeners can get 40% OFF select Lola Blankets products with code TAPES at checkout, go to lolablankets.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Sep 24, 202645 min
S2E52: BONUS: The Wisdom of Connection with Dr. Zach Bush
In this bonus episode from our partner series The Telepathy Tapes: Now What?, Betsy and Libby sit down with Dr. Zach Bush for a conversation about one of the ideas at the heart of their experiences as parents: what if our children are perceiving the world in ways we have forgotten how to perceive ourselves?The conversation begins with nature. Betsy reflects on how her son Joe is drawn to the earth, water, and the natural world, while she often finds herself caught up in the worries of everyday life. From there, Zach explores his belief that life is fundamentally built through relationship and that many of us have become disconnected from that sense of interconnection.They talk about autism, sensory experience, food, the microbiome, and why Zach believes some nonspeaking autistic people may be deeply attuned to environmental signals that others have learned to filter out. They also discuss parenting, the exhaustion of trying to control outcomes, and what can happen when caregivers begin to follow their child's lead rather than constantly trying to make their child fit into the world around them.For parents who have spent years asking What do I do?, Zach offers a different question: What happens if we become quiet enough to notice what our children are already showing us?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Sep 23, 202648 min
S2E51: Willow Smith on Creativity, Consciousness, and Music | Talk Tracks
Grammy-nominated artist Willow Smith joins Ky Dickens for a deeply personal conversation about music as medicine, dreams as creative portals, spirituality, and the mystery of human connection.Willow shares how a lifetime of curiosity - from sacred traditions and nature to science and consciousness - has shaped her creative life. She reflects on music as a devotional and communal practice, the role of intuition in her songwriting, and the profound experiences that have expanded her sense of what may be possible.She also discusses “Talk On The Hill,” her beautiful song from her newest album The Thread, inspired by the non-speakers of The Telepathy Tapes and the extraordinary possibilities of communication beyond words._______Join The Telepathy Tapes Backstage Pass to get ad-free episodes, never-before-heard interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary footage, and access to our private Discord community. This is your invitation to come closer. To help shape what’s next. To be more than a listener… to be a co-creator of this paradigm shift. So if you’ve felt moved, if you’ve felt seen, if you’ve felt the call, subscribe today and join us: thetelepathytapes.com._______Thank you to our sponsors!Alloy - Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code TAPES for $20 off your first order! One Skin - Get 15% off OneSkin with the code TAPES at https://www.oneskin.co/TAPES #oneskinpod.Fabletics - Shop now at Fabletics.com/tapes to get 70- 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP.Ka'Chava - Go to kachava.com and use code TAPES for 15% off your first order.Shopify - Start your business today with the industry’s best business partner, Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/tapes.BiOptimizers - Make this the year you finally get your sleep, your energy, and yourself back. Get 15% off at bioptimizers.com/tapes when you use my code, TAPES.Monarch - Use code TAPES at Monarch dot com to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50.Progressive - Insurance isn't one-size-fits-all. Visit Progressive.com and find a rate that works for you with the Name Your Price® tool.Honeylove Treat yourself to the most advanced bras and shapewear on the market. Save 20% off Honeylove at honeylove.com/TAPES.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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About The Telepathy Tapes
The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast that explores the origins of consciousness and the unexplained abilities of ESP through science, verifiable experience, formal testing, and human story. In Season One, non-speaking individuals with autism reveal striking telepathic abilities that challenge everything we thought we knew about the mind. In Season Two, The Consciousness Cassettes, the lens widens to extraordinary experiences that invite us to rethink reality itself. From near-death experiences to telepathic communication with animals, energy healing to plant intelligence, and the origins of creativity to sudden savant abilities, each episode offers a rare glimpse into the vast terrain of consciousness beyond the brain. In Season Three, The Reincarnation Records, the investigation deepens with a provocative question: What if memory doesn’t begin at birth? Through children’s seemingly impossible past-life memories, families’ searches for answers, and researchers’ efforts to verify extraordinary details, the season explores whether these accounts could offer clues to one of humanity’s oldest mysteries: Does consciousness survive death?
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