Ten Percent Happier
May 27, 2024

What Happened When A Skeptical Reporter Decided To Investigate The Afterlife | Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, Fire, A Death in Belmont, War, Tribe and In My Time of Dying. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Junger’s near death experience and the impact it had on him
  • The conclusions he came to after investigation the possibilities of an afterlife 
  • The mysteries of quantum physics and what they might tell us about life and death
  • How he believes we can all experience awe on a daily basis 

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