Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
There are so many things we've been told we can't talk about in polite society. The things your mom told you never to ask about: Sex. Money. Poop. Death. The things that make normal people uncomfortable.
But if you're curious about the truth behind our deepest societal taboos, we're your gals. We dig into the history, science, and straight up weird truths behind these off-limits topics and give you the answers you never knew you needed.
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
What’s It Like To Die?
Death is the last great adventure. Humans have been curious about what happens after we die for millennia and today, we are unpacking everything you’ve ever wanted to know about kicking the bucket. Like the different definitions of death (there is more than one), the stages of death, and what near death experiences can tell us about a potential afterlife.
All this to answer the rude question, what’s it like to die?
That’s what you're in for today on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at rude@impolitesocietypodcast.com and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
SOURCES:
https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/dying2.htm
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/what-it-feels-like-to-die/499319/
https://www.who.int/servicedeliverysafety/ddcr42.pdf
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-near-death-experiences-reveal-about-the-brain/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/07/the-space-between-life-and-death
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/near-death-experience.htm
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00888/full
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/can-science-explain-near-death-experiences
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01424/full
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