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Let me preface by saying that my favorite episode of Radiolab has been the one on Stochasticity. It was one of the earliest I'd heard and I was enthralled by how scientific and precise the show was. With so many "pop" science shows floating out there, it was nice to have Radiolab here to dig deep and avoid too much glitz in favor of accuracy, scope, and precision. This episode, I think, lacked similar rigor. I know it's a compilation of older posts, but this one, especially with the opening story concluding with something like: "...those who believe win," feels like you're apologizing for 'proving' there was no afterlife. I don't believe ghosts or spirits exist, so, if you're going to investigate claims of such entities, please bring the scientific rigor; the proof! With how many people claim it, shouldn't be that hard and it would arguably be the biggest discovery of all time, ever.

Hi! Big fan of RadioLab from Norway here. I just want to clarify one of the lingual problems that occur when foreigners try to pronounce Norwegian words/names which include the Norwegian letters Æ, Ø and Å: Åsmund Lærdal (or, as you call him, Asmund Laerdal) should not be pronounced "Ass-mund", which although pretty funny, is very wrong. The letter "Å" is the vowel sound you get in the words "ball", "crawl" and "bored".

And for future reference: "Æ" is the vowel sound in "rat", and "Ø" is the vowel sound in "bird" and "earl".

I love your podcast and enjoying all your stories. In honor of Halloween and The Day of the Dead, I decided to get settled into your podcast about "Ghost."

I have my own ghost stories and have been in touch with the afterlife since I was six-my heart stopped in surgery and I was dead for a minute or two. I have seen a lot and even have a photo of my dead grandmother sitting on my couch....just to prove the the orbs around me and the energy I feel is real. I'm 32 now and I have learned to deal with the dead as well as walk my nephew through this gift as well.

I just wanted to say, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Thank you so much for summing up the Catholic faith in the final 2 minutes of your episode. There is clearly no group of people better equipped to speak on the Catholic doctrine than a Harvard grad student, Smithsonian curator, and a Jewish journalist. As we are all clearly aware, prayers = heaven, and I thank you for bringing to light the simplistic mathematical nature that is the base of all Christianity. I will say one hundred Hail Marys, and TWO hundred Our Fathers for your soul in gratitude.. Your salvation is almost guaranteed.

I'm slightly disappointed to find that this is a compilation episode taken from recent shorts. I've got no problem with you guys doing that (though it would be nice if the episode titles reflected it so I don't go "ooh, new Radiolab! aww, recycled Radiolab...") but I would be so interested in a real, new Radiolab episode all about ghosts and the paranormal and occult.

I never believed in ghost till one was in my first home. I'm telling you this story only because I wanted someone to understand it is true. The first incounter was when we were watching TV. I had empted my pockets of the change on top of the TV like I had done lots of times before in my Appartment but this was my very first house. As we were watching TV. I sudenly was hit by the money as it was flying at my face. I first thought it was a anamal or something that was traped in my room and I envisioned that the anamal just jumped off the TV. It was dark and that is why I didn't see the anamal.Over the years I would forget and put things on the TV and then I would get hit in the face by curtain hangers made of wood. that was when I realized it wasn't some electromagnetic thing that was causing the money to fly off the TV. One day I heard a loud screem from the up stairs we were all down stairs and eating breakfest.We left.