PHONE CALLS FROM THE DEAD!
Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma
Thomas Edison's Spirit Phone and Early 20th Century Fascination with the Paranormal
In this chapter, Professor Asma and Paul Giamatti discuss the listener's request to cover Thomas Edison's rumored invention of a device to contact the dead. They delve into the interest of figures like Houdini and Edison in the paranormal, the skepticism faced by scientists exploring paranormal phenomena, and the impact on one's career for openly embracing these topics.
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