DEAD Talks

9/11 Took My Dad When I Was 12: Grief 25 Years Later with David Kessler (#278)

Twenty-five years after losing his father in the September 11 attacks, DEAD Talks host David Ferrugio sits on the other side of the microphone for one of his most persona

9/11 Kids: Losing Our Fathers and Growing Up With Grief with Katie Pereira (#277)

David sits down with Katie Pereira for a deeply personal conversation between two people who both lost their fathers on September 11, 2001. Katie was just seven years ol

Des Bishop: Can You Ever Really Get Over Grief? (#276)

Comedian Des Bishop opens up about losing both parents, why their deaths affected him so differently, and the complicated idea of ever truly “getting over” grief. Des ta

He's The Conjuring Investigators' Grandson — And He Doesn't Believe In Demons | Chris McKinnell (#275)

Chris McKinnell, grandson of legendary paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, has spent more than 40 years investigating ghosts, hauntings, consciousness and th

Retirement & Longevity: How Purpose and AI Can Transform Your Second Act | Jay Samit (#274)

What happens when you retire, lose your career, lose someone you love, or simply realize the life that once gave you purpose no longer does? Entrepreneur and author Jay

Jeff Arcuri: The Lie He Told Himself to Stay "Strong" for His Wife (#273)

He told himself he had to be strong for her. His therapist told him that was the problem. Comedian Jeff Arcuri sits down to talk about the year his wife's health scare c

3 Psychic Sisters Reveal How They Actually Got Their Powers (#273)

One thought she was losing her mind. One heard a voice standing in a Dollar Tree. One started dreaming the future at age seven — and all three became psychics and mediums

Jaimie Alexander Was Dying When a Voice Asked Her to Choose: Stay or Go (#271)

In 2018, Jaimie Alexander's ruptured appendix nearly killed her. During her near-death experience, a voice spoke to her — and asked her to choose: stay or go. Most peopl

Rabbi says that God needs YOU, not the other way around | Rabbi Manis Friedman (#270)

What if nothing bad has ever happened? Not once. Not to anyone. Rabbi Manis Friedman made that claim — and then I told him about losing my dad on 9/11. What followed ch

Hours From Death, She Saw the Other Side — And Learned What's Killing Us | Anita Moorjani (#269)

Everyone knows Anita Moorjani's near-death story. This conversation is about what almost no one asks — what she actually understood in that coma, and why she says fear, n

I Discovered I'm a Psychic Medium with the help of two mediums (#268)

I never planned to become a psychic medium. But when I closed my eyes and said whatever came up — an apple, a pixel, ice cubes — two professional mediums couldn't explain

The Loneliness Nobody Talks About After Death with Dr. Sylvia K (#267)

Doctors said her mom was schizophrenic. She wasn't — she had a brain aneurysm, and it killed her 4 months later. Dr. Sylvia Kay was 2 when her grandmother kidnapped her

Dead for 47 Minutes: Vinney Tolman’s Near-Death Experience (#266)

Vinney Tolman was declared dead, placed in a body bag, and later revived after what he says were 47 documented minutes. In this episode of DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio,

Psychologist Explains Why Therapy Ignores the Soul (#265)

Dr. Amy Robbins is a clinical psychologist who bridges the clinical world with the spiritual one — and what she's uncovering is hard to ignore. 60-70% of people say spiri

Sean Collyns: Do Souls Choose Suffering? Mediumship, Past Lives & the Afterlife (#264)

Medium Sean Collyns returns to DEAD Talks to explore one of the hardest spiritual questions: do souls choose suffering before life? In this episode, we talk about medium

Near-Death Experience, The Afterlife & Losing Fear Of Death with Elton Anderson Jr (#263)

Elton Anderson Jr. shares the terrifying story of nearly dying from malaria while traveling alone in Brazil — and the profound near-death experience that changed his unde

Mark Normand Gets Brutally Honest About Death & Emotions (#262)

Mark Normand joins DEAD Talks for one of his most honest and unexpected conversations yet. Known for his rapid-fire comedy and dark humor, Mark opens up about fatherhood

Stanford Psychiatrist: "You're Not Living, You're Surviving" Dr. Paul Conti (#261)

Stanford-trained psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti joins Dead Talks to explain why most people aren't actually living — they're just surviving, driven by unhealed trauma they c

40 Years Studying Near-Deaths — The Patterns Are Undeniable | John Burke (#260)

What happens after we die? After studying over 1,500 near-death experiences, today’s guest, John Burke, shares the patterns, real stories, and evidence that continue to

Rainn Wilson on Losing His Father (And What Death Revealed) (#259)

Rainn Wilson on Death, Grief & What Comes After (#259) Rainn Wilson opens up about the loss of his father, the reality of grief, and what he believes happens after death