The Telepathy Tapes

In this special preview of a subscriber-exclusive Ask Me Anything, hospice physician and end-of-life researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr returns to answer listeners’ most burning questions about what happens as we die. Dr. Kerr shares what he has witnessed after decades at the bedside: why dying may be less frightening than we imagine, how end-of-life dreams and visions can bring comfort and healing,...

What happens when three-fourths of a neuroscientist’s brain goes offline, and what remains is not emptiness, but peace, connection, and love? Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist who spent her life studying the brain, until a massive stroke made her the subject of her own life’s work. As the parts of her brain tied to language, identity, linear time, and the sense of being sep...

In part two of our conversation with Soraya and her parents, Tasha and Safi, the family shares the extraordinary spiritual experiences that emerged as Soraya's health declined. After years of searching for answers about her rare and progressive condition, Soraya began speaking about angels, soul contracts, loved ones on the other side, and what she believes is her life’s mission: to teach her fami...

When Soraya was born, her parents knew something wasn’t right. What followed was years of medical uncertainty, countless specialists, and a diagnosis that never came. But alongside Soraya's physical challenges emerged something equally extraordinary: vivid experiences with the non-physical world, messages from loved ones who had passed on, and moments her family still cannot explain. In Part One o...

In this episode of The Talk Tracks, Ky sits down with Gavin Schultz and his mother, Cindy, to explore Gavin’s journey as a differently verbal autistic man who began spelling to communicate at age nine through RPM. Before spelling, Cindy knew Gavin was bright, but she had no idea just how rich his inner world truly was. Through spelling, Gavin began sharing profound reflections on faith, intelligen...

For decades, Dr. Robert Melillo has studied autism, brain development, and human cognition. In this conversation he shares his theories on why some non-speaking individuals may understand far more than they can physically express. Drawing on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and years of clinical experience, Dr. Melillo explores the relationship between body awareness, motor control, communi...

For years, Betsy Flores searched for ways to better understand her daughter, Cianna. Along the way, she encountered moments that seemed impossible to explain - thoughts shared without words, uncanny knowing, and experiences that hinted at a deeper connection. Joined by autism advocate Manisha Lad, Betsy reflects on the beginning of her daughter’s spelling journey and the hope it has brought to the...

In this episode of Talk Tracks , Ky Dickens sits down with Peter, a nonspeaker who communicates through spelling, and his mother, Laura, to ask Peter questions submitted by our Backstage Pass listeners and hear the story of how spelling transformed their family. As Peter became an open speller, he began describing telepathy, “mind merging,” reading through his mother’s eyes, communication with oth...

Animation producer and first-time director Pilar Flynn shares the extraordinary story of a creative download that arrived during a meditation retreat beneath ancient redwoods. The experience was so specific, that it told her to adapt a beloved story by literary icon Isabel Allende, assemble a Latino creative team, and pursue an Oscar campaign. Pilar had never directed before, had no funding, and n...

Is time really linear or is consciousness capable of accessing information beyond the present moment? In this episode of The Talk Tracks , Ky Dickens explores the growing scientific and experiential evidence surrounding precognition, remote viewing, and altered states of consciousness. After hearing remarkable accounts from non-speakers who claim to “remote view through time,” Ky speaks with neuro...

In this episode of Talk Tracks , Ky Dickens sits down with neuroscientist, actor, and podcast host Dr. Mayim Bialik to explore the tension between science and skepticism. With a PhD in neuroscience and a career shaped by both scientific rigor and cultural storytelling, Mayim has explored the questions on the edge of scientific understanding and that which can’t be quantified. From near-death exper...

In this episode of Talk Tracks , Ky Dickens sits down with Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, whose near-death experience at age nine reshaped her understanding of reality, belonging, and what it means to die. That experience set her on a lifelong journey that led her to Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, Mexico, and Australia, where death is not feared, but understood as...

In this episode of Talk Tracks , Ky Dickens sits down with Mo Pritzker, whose life was upended by chronic illness, leaving her bedridden for years without answers from conventional medicine. After being told there were no more options, Mo turned to neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to rewire itself. What followed was a profound shift: not just in her health, but in how she understood the relati...

In this episode of Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with hospice physician and researcher Dr. Christopher Kerr, whose groundbreaking work has documented the vivid, often life-affirming dreams and visions reported by patients in their final days. Drawing from studies involving over 1,500 patients, Dr. Kerr reveals a striking pattern: as death approaches, many individuals begin to experience deeply...

This week’s guest, Federico Faggin, helped invent the microprocessor - the technology that powers the modern world. By every measure, he had achieved success. And yet he felt something was missing. After a spontaneous and profound experience of consciousness, Federico began questioning everything he thought he knew about the nature of reality. What followed was a decades-long investigation into on...

What if communication can open at any age ? In this episode of the Talk Tracks, Ky Dickens sits down with Betsy Hicks Russ and her son Joe , who began spelling in adulthood after decades of being underestimated . As communication opens, so does a new understanding of Joe’s inner life, his humor, his insight, his spirituality, and the depth of what he has long been aware of. Together, they explore...

In this deeply moving episode, Ky sits down with writer Carla Kaufman Sloan, whose life changed forever after the sudden loss of her seven-year-old son, Calder. With no prior belief in an afterlife, Carla found herself pulled into a world she never expected through an evidential medium, unmistakable signs, and moments of connection that challenged everything she thought she knew about death. Toget...

What if love is not just something we feel, but a force that is actively working with us? Previously, in Season 2 Episode 3 of The Telepathy Tapes , we explored the consciousness of creativity and asked whether ideas are alive and if they choose us. In this episode of the Talk Tracks , we explore the possibility that love may be more than an emotion, but an unseen intelligence, a living force that...

For most of his life, Ryan was treated as if he couldn’t understand the world around him. Unable to speak reliably due to apraxia, he spent years in special education classrooms where his intelligence was not honored. But his mother Mary always believed there was more inside. At age 23, Ryan began communicating through spelling and everything changed. Finally the thoughts and insights that had bee...

In this episode of Talk Tracks , we travel to Rockville, Maryland, to meet the Statter family and their 24-year-old son, Ethan - a nonspeaker who began spelling his thoughts at age 18. What started as a breakthrough in communication quickly became something much bigger. Through letterboard spelling, Ethan revealed himself to be a poet and a deeply observant presence within his family. But he also...

In part two of this two-part episode series of the Talk Tracks, we continue the exploration of near-death experiences with Tony Cicoria , an orthopedic surgeon whose life changed after surviving a lightning strike in 1994. Tony describes leaving his physical body, witnessing his own resuscitation, and entering a realm of profound peace, unity, and unconditional love that felt more real than ordina...

In part one of this two part episode series of Talk Tracks , we hear the extraordinary near-death experience of David Ditchfield , who survived a devastating train accident that should have been fatal. David describes leaving his injured body behind and entering a realm of healing light, guiding beings, and overwhelming unconditional love that felt more real than physical life. When he returned, h...

In this extended interview, Dr. Neil Theise reflects on his mother’s experience with Parkinson’s and end-of-life visions, and how those experiences shaped his understanding of consciousness. He discusses her interactions with deceased loved ones, changes in perception as her memory declined, and moments of clarity and peace near the end of her life. Drawing on science, spirituality, and personal e...

Today we’re introduced to Suzanne Simon, the mother of telepathic nonspeaker, Koray, who Suzanne has come to find out plays an important role on The Hill. Suzanne describes the journey of diagnosing and understanding Koray’s autism, the lengths she’s gone to to seek care and resources for her family, and how much she learned about Koray’s amazing inner life when he started to spell. Suzanne is joi...

In this AMA episode, Ky responds to listener questions about non-speaking communication, telepathy, and the evolving understanding of consciousness. She reflects on what she’s learned from working closely with non-speakers and their families, addressing both practical challenges and deeper philosophical shifts that have emerged through the project. The conversation also touches on government inter...