Episode 25: The Suicidal Heart

Content Warning: This podcast often uses explicit language and covers sensitive or distressing topics - suicide specifically is discussed in this episode. It is NSFW. Listener discretion is advised.

Dirtlings, it sure is dark down here inside the Dirtstar this week. Join Ellsworth and Big Spoon as they delve deep into the science, spirituality, and high strangeness of organ transplants!

Ellie and Riley recount the tale of one of the most infamous organ donation donations, where two men's lives are intertwined not just by a shared heart, but also by the same woman who stole it—romantically, of course. They explore the concept of cellular memory and its postulated effects on organ recipients, including the fascinating physical and psychological changes that may occur, like newfound preferences for the donor's favorite things. They also explore the idea of energy lingering in our bodies and tissues after death, and the mystical memoir of Claire Sylvia, an organ recipient who met her donor in her dreams. It’s so much deeper than that Dirtlings, so stay tuned!

Ellie and Riley make a pit stop at Side Bar Hospital to discuss the Philip experiment where a parapsychology research society basically conjured a tulpa, haunted blood transfusions, how artificial intelligence (AI) is utterly terrifying, and theories on where modern medicine will take us next, leading to Ellie’s beautiful impression of a heart growing in a petri dish. 

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This episode is sponsored by our incredible Patrons: Tasha, BJ, Brian, Brent, Katrina, Carol and Count Chocula. You Dirtlings warm our dark little hearts!

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