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This podcast is produced and hosted by University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College students as a class project for HON 251: Ritual, Myth & Magic with Dr. Zada Komara. Theme music by Dr. Kondwani Pwandapwanda.

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Ejemen and Shreya discuss the transhumanism movement and the quest for immortality via cryonics. Context warning for discussions of death, cryogenic technology, and corpses.

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Ejemen and Shreya discuss the transhumanism movement and the quest for immortality via cryonics. Context warning for discussions of death, cryogenic technology, and corpses.

Ep 4: Defying Death- Transhumanism & Cryonics

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