Simon Bown
Surviving Death: The Evidence
Surviving Death: The Evidence dives into one of humanity’s oldest, and most electrifying, questions: does consciousness continue after we die? Each episode guides listeners through compelling real-world accounts and cutting-edge research on near-death experiences, past-life memories, and other phenomena that challenge our understanding of life, death, and what might lie beyond. This podcast invites you to explore the stories, science, and mystery at the edge of existence, where the veil between the living and the dead becomes surprisingly thin.
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Simon Bown
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
Reincarnation Research 06.07.2026 1:00:46
In this episode I'm talking to Walter Semkiw. Walter is the author of the book 'Born Again' Dr. Semkiw is a Board Certified Occupational Medicine physician who practices at a major medical center in San Francisco, where he served as the Assistant Chief of Occupational Medicine. Previously, he served as Medical Director for Unocal 76, a Fortune 500 oil company. Walter embarked on reincarnation res...
Past Life Regression 29.06.2026 58:25
This week I'm talking to Peter Smith about his book “Quantum Consciousness – Expanding your personal universe” Bio Peter has always been inspired by his work at The Michael Newton Institute for Life Between Lives Hypnotherapy (TNI). He was President of the Institute from 2009 till 2018, when he was asked to take on the role of Director of the Newton Legacy, a role created to uphold the philosophy...
A Near Death Experience 22.06.2026 47:03
This week I'm talking to Tricia Barker about her book 'Angels in the OR: What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation' Tricia Barker was a depressed, agnostic college student at The University of Texas in Austin...until a profound near-death experience (NDE) during surgery revolutionizes her entire world. As she learns to walk again, Tricia lets go of painful wounds from childh...
Physical Mediumship 15.06.2026 58:08
This week I am talking to Robin Foy. Robin was one of the team who took part in The Scole Experiment looking into physical mediumship. The Scole Experiment is now widely regarded as the most important scientific investigation of evidence for life after death in history. Highly-qualified and objective scientists, and a whole range of other people who attended the Scole Group's sessions, came away c...
Shared Death Experiences 08.06.2026 51:57
In this episode I'm talking to William Peters about the Shared Crossing Project The Shared Crossing Project’s mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about shared crossings and their healing benefits. We aim to bring people together in community to support open exploration and discussion of this important topic in a safe place. Bi...
Death Bed Visions 01.06.2026 56:16
This week I am talking to Martha Jo Atkins PHD about her book 'Sign Posts of Dying'. Sign Posts of Dying tells about the unique language and behaviors of the dying. Brief so as not to overwhelm yet thorough enough to get the information needed, each Signpost shines a light on often ignored or unrecognized aspects of the dying process. Is your beloved hearing people in the hallway? Are they talking...
Wisdom from Beyond the Veil 25.05.2026 54:37
This week I am talking to Annie Mattingley about her book ‘The After Death Chronicles: True Stories of Comfort, Guidance, and Wisdom from Beyond the Veil’. This is a book about ordinary people--plumbers, artists and accountants, bakers and beauticians, teachers and lawyers--who have been able to receive communication from loved ones who have died. Included here are accounts from over 80 people acr...
Interplanetary Past Lives 18.05.2026 55:54
In this episode I am talking to Dr. Linda Backman about her book 'Souls on Earth: Exploring Interplanetary Past Lives'. In this "groundbreaking" book, a past-life regression therapist "offers credible evidence of evolved interplanetary souls incarnate in human bodies" (Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind). In her work as a regression hypnotherapist, Dr. Linda Backman frequently meets with individ...
The Afterlife and an Out-of-Body Explorer 11.05.2026 59:16
This week I'm talking to Cyrus Kirkpatrick about his book 'The Afterlife and Beyond: An Examination of Life After Death by an Out-of-Body Explorer'. If the afterlife is real, what does that mean for our lives? For society? In a second feature book by afterlife and supernatural writer Cyrus Kirkpatrick, these questions are poised as the consequences of an afterlife are explored in relation to subje...
After Death Communication 04.05.2026 50:38
This week I am talking to the medium Traci Bray. Bio Traci Bray was born and raised in Clinton, Iowa. She was 5 years old when the first known deceased person appeared to her. Although recognition of life beyond a physical existence was real for Traci, it wasn’t until the mid-1990's that she began offering public readings at the urging of friends. Via word-of-mouth, accolades of her skills widene...
Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions 27.04.2026 53:49
This week I am talking to Dr Gregory Shushan about his book 'Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions'. Near-death experiences are known around the world and throughout human history. They are sometimes reported by individuals who have revived from a period of clinical death or near-death and they typically feature sensations of leaving the body, entering and emerging from darkness, meeting d...
Spirit Contact & Mediumship 20.04.2026 59:38
In this episode I'm talking to Claire Broad about her book 'Answers from Heaven: Incredible True Stories of Heavenly Encounters and the Afterlife' Answers from Heaven is for anyone who has ever wondered if there is an afterlife and if it is truly possible to contact the spirit world. In this compelling book, Sunday Times bestselling author Theresa Cheung and medium Claire Broad share the fascinati...
Reincarnation & Past Life Regression 13.04.2026 1:02:55
In this episode I am talking to Wendy Rose Williams about her book 'Regression Healing I:: The Huntsman, the Lord High Mayor and the World War II Soldier' A lifetime athlete and adventurer had broken his neck. Could a comprehensive Past-Life Regression truly heal his significant daily pain? Could he finally learn how to connect easily and meaningfully with his Higher Self and Guides? Witness one m...
A Near Death Experience 06.04.2026 1:04:47
In this episode I talk to Dr. Alan Hugenot. We talk about his Near Death Experience and his book The Death Experience: What it is like when you die. His book describes what you will experience as you die. Giving details of the death process and your journey into the afterlife based on the author's own Near-Death experience where he died, went out-of-body into the afterlife, and returned to a secon...
Hauntings and The afterlife 30.03.2026 55:19
This week I’m talking to Richard Estep. He is a paramedic and paranormal investigator. We discuss his experiences as a paranormal investigator and his books detailing the many places he has witnessed extraordinary events. We focus on his book 'The Devil’s Coming To Get Me, The Haunting of Malvern Manor'. Malvern Manor has been many things over the course of its long life. In the late 1800s it was...
Reincarnation 23.03.2026 1:01:21
In this episode I'm talking to Andy Tomlinson about his book 'Healing the Eternal Soul - Insights from Past Life and Spiritual Regression' This practical manual covers the theory and techniques needed to heal past lives and includes regression into current life problems, past lives, and the soul memories between past lives. Techniques are clearly explained with a structured approach that makes thi...
Children With Past Life Memories 16.03.2026 51:32
In this episode I'm talking to Carol Bowman about her research into children with past life memories. What if you could see a loved one who has died, not in a future spiritual realm, but here and now, in this lifetime? It is possible, says Carol Bowman, author of Children’s Past Lives and a pioneer in reincarnation studies. Based on in-depth research and direct observation of very young children,...
Transformative Near-Death Experiences 09.03.2026 58:03
Discover the positive effects of NDEs in this “well-written and thought-provoking” study full of near-death experience true stories (Anita Moorjani, New York Times–bestselling author of Dying to Be Me). Near-death experiences (NDEs) are often transformative—not only on an individual level, but on a collective level too. This book contains a selection of inspiring stories from ordinary people whose...
Death Bed Visions 02.03.2026 1:00:11
In this episode I'm talking to Carla Wills-Brandon about her book 'Heavenly Hugs: Comfort, Support, and Hope From the Afterlife' Does life end at death? The answer is no! The nearly 2,000 cases of departing visions and visitations from deceased relatives and friends collected by the author prove that there is life after death. At the moment of physical death, departed loved ones return to the dyin...
Near Death Experience With Verified Out of Body Evidence 23.02.2026 1:18:58
In this episode I'm talking to Barbara Bartolome about her two near death experiences. Barbara is a two time NDEr. Her first NDE resulted from a childhood illness at 18 months of age, when a high fever caused her to go into convulsions and stop breathing, which resulted in cardiac arrest. As the ambulance arrived outside their home, her parents and older siblings witnessed her spontaneously rega...
An Amazing Near Death Experience 16.02.2026 54:41
This week I'm talking to Nancy Rynes about her Near Death Experience. Nancy Rynes was riding her bicycle when a large SUV approached. The vehicle’s driver, absorbed in texting while driving, plowed right into Rynes. Suffering from severe spinal and head injuries, Rynes knew she was dying. At that moment, she underwent the first of two life-changing near-death experiences—her consciousness split be...
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