Physicist: Why I Believe in Near-Death Experiences
From Into the Impossible With Brian Keating by Big Bang Productions Inc.
June 9, 2026 · 23 min
About this episode
A physicist discusses a transformative near-death experience and its implications for science.
A practicing astrophysicist who doesn't believe in the tunnel of light, the hovering soul, or the wailing relatives — but believes in one near-death experience that changed science forever. By the end you'll believe in it too. Today on Into the Impossible: the strangest, darkest, most personal origin story behind the world's most famous prize — and what it should make you do with the time you have left. 🔴 Just released — my conversation with Mayim Bialik on her pod that goes even deeper on near-death experiences: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwFTWTbC5lk If you came here from Mayim's channel — welcome. Subscribe and stay for science with evidence, not speculation: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Dr. Brian Keating is a cosmologist at UC San Diego and author of Losing the Nobel Prize. He has a personal stake in this story — and he's nominated Nobel winners twice. We cover: why a physicist takes near-death experiences seriously, the four deaths that built a fortune on nitroglycerin, the newspaper that confused two brothers and printed the wrong man's obituary, the one-page handwritten will that gave away 94% of an estate — and the wishes the Nobel…
People in this episode
Host: Brian Keating
Guest: Mayim Bialik
Topics covered
- near-death experiences
- science
- cosmology
- Nobel Prize
- personal stories
Keywords
- near-death experiences
- Brian Keating
- Nobel Prize
- cosmology
- science
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UC San Diego, Nobel Committee, Big Bang Productions Inc.
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