Spirituality & Science
| Date: | 06-02-08 |
| Host: | George Noory |
| Guests: | Dr. George Vaillant, Billy Gibbons, Lionel Fanthorpe |
Appearing during the middle two hours, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Dr. George Vaillant discussed his work on the scientific effects of positive emotions, as well as his new book Spiritual Evolution. Humankind's sense of spirituality is genetically wired in and has evolved over time for its survival value, he detailed. There is more empathy in our genes than what we learn in Sunday school training, he commented.
It has only been in the last 15 years that science has been able to measure specific emotions in the brain, showing how different parts of the brain light up, such as in the limbic system. For instance, he noted that when subjects were given money to donate to their favorite charity, the same part of their brains always lit up.
The last hour featured Open Lines, with callers sharing their stories of faith.
Bo Diddley's Death
Appearing briefly at the start of the show, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top commented on the passing of Bo Diddley.
The Chase Vault
First hour guest, author Lionel Fanthorpe spoke about the Chase Vault in Barbados. In the burial vault, coffins of deceased family members were found moved around and in disarray, even though the vault had been sealed with a marble slab, he recounted.
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The Chase Vault
First hour guest, author Lionel Fanthorpe spoke about the Chase Vault in Barbados. In the burial vault, coffins of deceased family members were found moved around and in disarray, even though the vault had been sealed with a marble slab, he recounted. Fanthorpe, pictured with his wife Patricia, sent us some photos of the vault. He also talked about the positive side of Voodoo.
Bumper Music
Bumper music from Monday June 02, 2008
- Bur Said
Cusco
- In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
- In The City
Eagles
- Inca Dance
Cusco
- Lights
Journey
- Midnight Express (The Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
- Midnight Express (The Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
- Moms
A Tribe Called Quest
- My Way
Frank Sinatra
- My Way
Paul Anka
- Speak to Me/Breathe
Pink Floyd
- Subdivisions
Rush
- When You Come Back to Me
World Party
- Why Can't I Touch It?
Buzzcocks
- Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith
- Feelings
Morris Albert
- No One
Alicia Keys
- All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix


