Alive Again
Episodes
33 | Born Astride a Grave
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aileen Loy grew up inside a storm—descended from indentured laborers, raised in a rigid, often violent household, and taught to keep the family ...
32 | No Soul Left Behind
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We've taken huge steps backwards in the last few years with warfare and with violence and with disregarding the rights of human beings. It's ti...
31 | The Death of Craving
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Content note: This episode includes strong language, discussion of opioid/heroin and crack use, overdose, stroke, withdrawal, arrest/incarceration, an...
30 | Strong In A Different Way
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 17, Nicholas Tecosky, one of our Alive Again story producers, slipped on a rock face above Gem Lake and nearly fell thirty feet to his death—...
29 | Living Is Forgiving
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: This episode contains a frank discussion of sexual molestation and drug overdose. Listener discretion advised. After a lifetime of co...
28 | Bulletproof Love
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: Discussion and images of gun violence. At 33, championship-level ultimate player and teacher Eileen Murray started coughing up blood&...
27 | No One Makes It On Their Own
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a dangerous Australian beach, actor Frankie Mulinix was swept down the coast by a powerful undertow, slammed against rocks, and pulled under again ...
26 | The Countdown Clock
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Maggie Slepian flipped her kayak on Montana’s Gallatin River, she found herself trapped underwater, fighting to escape a spray skirt she ha...
25 | Unfortunate Brain News
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the part of you that defines your identity begins to fail? Dana Swanson was a rising creative force—an award-winning writer-pr...
24 | When the Rain Stopped
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a tornado ripped through his Alabama neighborhood, Chris Alonzo found himself clutching his young son in a closet as the walls shook and the fron...
23 | Living on Extra Credit
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thrill seeker, Nate Dorn, never saw himself living past the age of 25, until he set sail for Cuba on a 28-foot boat with no idea he was heading straig...
22 | My Body Is Not My Enemy
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 18, Jessica Sanchez thought she was dealing with wisdom tooth pain. Instead, doctors found a tumor that would lead to 18 surgeries, chemotherapy, a...
21 | A Better Person Than I Was The Day Before
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Matthew Fortune flatlined for 45 minutes, he didn’t see a tunnel or meet a divine being—he experienced nothingness. But coming back t...
20 | Only The Word Gets Out Alive
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our episode title is a lyric by Scott McCaughey, the beloved singer-songwriter behind bands like Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. McCaughey ...
19 | I'm The Hero Of My Own Story
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 20 years old, Amanda Kloehr was a quirky, irreverent Air Force airman trying to find her way in the world. But everything changed in an instant whe...
18 | Beyond Ground Zero
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The deepest wounds aren’t always physical. Cliff Bauman was stationed near the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and was among those who rac...
17 | The Sacred Threshold: A Conversation With Dr. Sarah Kerr
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if death isn’t an ending—but a sacred transition? In this deeply moving episode of Alive Again, we sit down with Dr. Sarah Kerr, a de...
16 | We Are Strongest When We Are Most Vulnerable
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On August 3rd, 2008, U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Nick Bradley’s life changed forever when a 20-pound IED detonated under his Land Cruiser duri...
15 | Listen to Your Body
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the journey to giving life nearly ends your own? For years, Dorie Nolt faced the quiet heartbreak of unexplained infertility, finall...
14 | The Killer on the Trail
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rune Kolbeck found his truest self in the quiet expanse of nature, spending an idyllic youth roaming the Midwest's cornfields and timbers. But when he...
13 | Lessons At The End Of The World
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What prepares someone to survive the unthinkable? For renowned polar explorer Eric Larsen, it wasn’t hope or heroism—it was hardship. From...
12 | You Can’t Hold Despair and Gratitude at the Same Time: The True Story of '127 Hours'
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
His miraculous survival story became the subject of Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours—but what happened inside Aron’s mind and spirit dur...
11 | What the Wasp Left Behind: Delaney Tarr’s Story
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Delaney Tarr survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, her life split in two. One part became instantly visible: the...
10 | The Light Between Worlds
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I didn’t feel the van hit me. But I remember the voice. And then I was somewhere else.” When Anne Bayford was struck by a van while...
9 | The Art of Coming Back
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He flatlined twice. What came back was a different man—and a different artist. In 2008, artist and musician Rodney White survived a catastrophic...
8 | Dragged Under, Lifted Up
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was pulled beneath a speeding train… and awakened to something beyond this world. David Ditchfield was saying goodbye to a friend when his c...
7 | Blair Crimmins’ Second Act
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before the fall, he was chasing a dream. After the fall, he found his sound. Musician Blair Crimmins was spiraling—caught between fading dreams,...
6 | Net-Zero Trauma: A Conversation With Rick Doblin
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the tools to face death— heal from trauma— and transform life—have been within us all along. In this special episode of Aliv...
5 | Eleven And A Half Minutes
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was electrocuted—and came back with a blueprint for existence. In February 2018, Adam Tapp was doing some woodworking in his front yard when ...
4 | The Yellow Star
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Preston was just a joyous little girl when the Holocaust tore through her golden childhood in Transylvania. In this unforgettable episode of Ali...
3 | Twenty Minutes Left To Live
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First, they prepared for a missile. Years later, it was fire that came. Annelise Cochran was working aboard a whale research vessel off the coast of L...
2 | River of Blood
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2020, Manuel Bayo Gisbert was kidnapped by armed men and teenagers tortured, and held captive until his family paid his ransom. His story, unf...
1 | Crude Vessel, Perfect Peace
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, brought to us by producer Kate Sweeney, Peter Panagore shares not only the harrowing details of the ice climb that ne...
Welcome to Alive Again
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this preliminary episode, host Dan Bush introduces Alive Again and the deeper questions at the heart of the series. Dan is an award-winning filmmak...
Introducing: Alive Again
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ALIVE AGAIN is a weekly podcast that showcases first-hand accounts of Near Death Experiences. Our mission is to find, explore and share these stories ...