A Part of Something
Exploring music, near-death experiences, their intersections, and pretty much everything else.
A Part of Something
Latest Episodes
The Three Basic Responses to Hearing an NDE Story
In this solo episode, Daniel considers three different ways people respond to near-death experiences: belief, skepticism, and the idea that an experience may be real while still being deceptive or misleading.Along the way, he reflects on...
Dead for 47 Minutes: What Vinney Tolman Learned About Life
At age 25, Vinney Tolman was found dead in a restaurant bathroom, placed in a body bag, and later resuscitated by a rookie paramedic. In this wide-ranging conversation, the author of The Light After Death recounts his journey beyond th...
Solo: A Prelude to the Mystery of Melody
In this short solo episode, Daniel begins with the human voice—perhaps our oldest melodic instrument—and wonders where melody comes from. Is our response to melody simply a byproduct of the brain’s machinery for processing speech, a kind of “au...
Warren Hanson: A Life of Words, Pictures, and Songs
In this warm, wide-ranging conversation, author, illustrator, and songwriter Warren Hanson shares the winding creative path that led from advertising art to a career making beloved books. Warren reads from A Cup of Christmas Tea, T...
Solo Episode: Just a Few Thoughts About Everything
In this solo episode, Daniel wanders through the differences between light and sound, the human voice, ancient bone flutes, hunting bows, the origins of music, mathematical proof, an overenthusiastic interpretation of Kurt Gödel, lucid dreaming...