DEAD Talks

By David Ferrugio

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio is a podcast about death, grief, loss, and what it means to truly live. After losing his father on 9/11, David created a space for honest, emotional, and sometimes funny... more

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July 13, 2026 God Is Infinitely Vulnerable — And He Needs YOU | Rabbi Manis Friedman (#270)
What if nothing bad has ever happened? Not once. Not to anyone.
Rabbi Manis Friedman made that claim — and then I told him about
losing my dad on 9/11. What followed changed how I think about
everything.
Rabbi Manis Friedman — one of the most respected Jewish thinkers
alive — argues that God is not all-powerful and self-sufficient.
He's infinitely vulnerable. And He desperately needs YOU. This
isn't theology for theologians. It's a reframe that hits grief,
depression, purpose, and the question everyone asks after loss:
why did this happen?
If you've ever asked what happens when you die, why God allows
suffering, or whether your life actually matters — this
conversation is for you.

🔗 Rabbi Manis Friedman:
Website:
https://itsgoodtoknow.org/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/rabbimanisfriedman/
Book — Divinely Vulnerable: Why God Needs Us: https://store.itsgoodtoknow.org/books/

📚 Grab David's book You're Not Dead Yet: ⁠www.deadtalks.net/book⁠

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About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

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1h 6min
July 06, 2026 Hours From Death, She Saw the Other Side — And Learned What's Killing Us | Anita Moorjani (#269)
Everyone knows Anita Moorjani's near-death story. This conversation is about what almost no one asks — what she actually understood in that coma, and why she says fear, not cancer, was killing her.
In our first episode together, Anita walked through her NDE in full — the 30-hour coma, the 360° awareness, meeting her late father on the other side. This time we go deeper: past the event and into the realization that reshaped how she lives. If you've ever wondered what happens when you die — or what it should change about how you're living right now — this one goes somewhere the retellings don't.

▶️ LISTEN TO PART ONE — Anita's full NDE story:
On Youtube - https://youtu.be/FAXaLVk53Hs⁠
On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3G0igZP7qVAbB2a01Ky941?si=30718214a3894691
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-near-death-experience-that-changed-everything/id1498553334?i=1000758295416

For more information on Anita Moorjani check her links out here: https://linktr.ee/anitamoorjani?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=9aa5070c-6531-42b4-af2b-d2e0c7b2ebab

📚 Grab David's book You're Not Dead Yet: www.deadtalks.net/book
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“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
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1h 8min
June 29, 2026 I Discovered I'm a Psychic Medium with the help of two mediums (#268)
I never planned to become a psychic medium. But when I closed my eyes and said whatever came up — an apple, a pixel, ice cubes — two professional mediums couldn't explain what I was seeing. Then one time on the way home, something happened that I still can't fully rationalize. A stranger screamed my name in the street.
The hosts of Medium Curious Podcast Jane Morgan and Sarah Rathke join the show to talk mediumship, afterlife and how we can all tap into this. I was on their podcast as a guest where they asked me to do a cold reading on them. In this podcast we break that down.

Check out their show here: www.mediumcurious.com

My first book “You’re Not Dead Yet”: https://www.deadtalks.net/book
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If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
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Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

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Exclusive Discounts
10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks
DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
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1h 4min
June 22, 2026 The Loneliness Nobody Talks About After Death with Dr. Sylvia K (#267)
Doctors said her mom was schizophrenic. She wasn't — she had a brain aneurysm, and it killed her 4 months later.

Dr. Sylvia Kay was 2 when her grandmother kidnapped her and her brother to escape a home unraveling under grief and misdiagnosis. She didn't speak again for months.

On this episode, host David Ferrugio talks with Dr. Sylvia Kay — psychotherapist and author of Lonely AF — about how childhood grief becomes lifelong loneliness, growing up enmeshed with a narcissistic parent, the therapy exercise that exposed years of self-hate she didn't know she carried, and how a Joe Dispenza manifestation practice helped her land her first book deal.

📖 Get Lonely AF:https://drsylviak.com/lonely-af
📷 @drsylviakay
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zvVqjRGtCnQ

My first book “You’re Not Dead Yet”: https://www.deadtalks.net/book

Sign Up For E-Mail Updates Here > Submit Your Email

If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
www.studio.com/griefjourney

Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More: Shop Here

“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | www.deadtalks.net

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1h 1min
June 15, 2026 Dead for 47 Minutes: Vinney Tolman’s Near-Death Experience (#266)
Vinney Tolman was declared dead, placed in a body bag, and later revived after what he says were 47 documented minutes. In this episode of DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio, Vinney shares the full story of his near-death experience and what he believes happened on the other side.
He describes watching his own body from above, going through a life review, feeling an overwhelming source of love, meeting a guide named Drake, and learning lessons about authenticity, trauma, prejudice, intuition, and why we may be here.
David and Vinney also discuss heaven, religion, spirit guides, breathwork, seeing spirits after returning, and the idea that Earth may be a classroom for the soul rather than a courtroom.
This episode is for anyone curious about near-death experiences, life after death, grief, spirituality, signs from loved ones, and what death might reveal about how to live.

VINNEY’S WEBSITE LINK:
https://livinggodslight.org/
BOOK A SESSION WITH VINNEY:
https://livinggodslight.org/guidance/#sessions
VINNEY’S INSTAGRAM LINK:
https://www.instagram.com/livinggodslight/

Order David's book You’re Not Dead Yet:
https://www.deadtalks.net/book

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About DEAD Talks:
DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio normalizes conversations around death. Each episode features raw, honest stories of grief, loss, and the deeper meaning behind it—helping make the hardest topic in life easier to talk about.

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1h 9min
June 08, 2026 Psychologist Explains Why Therapy Ignores the Soul (#265)
Dr. Amy Robbins is a clinical psychologist who bridges the clinical world with the spiritual one — and what she's uncovering is hard to ignore. 60-70% of people say spirituality was a key part of their mental health journey. Only 5% of therapists are trained in it at all.
In this episode, Amy shares the after-death visit from her aunt that changed everything, why the word "psyche" literally means soul (and what that says about modern therapy), and how she's quietly training clinicians to finally bring the whole person into the room.
🔗 CONNECT WITH DR. AMY ROBBINS
🎙 Podcast: Life, Death, and the Space Between
📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/dramyrobbins
🌐 Website: www.dramyrobbins.com

Check Out My First Book:
You’re Not Dead Yet: How Grief and Loss Can Teach You To Live
Order here: www.deadtalks.net/book

Exclusive Offer:

Build a website in minutes (no coding needed) with Squarespace. Save 10% off your first purchase using code DEADTALKS: ⁠
https://www.squarespace.com/DEADTALKS⁠

Resources & Support:
Join the Email List: ⁠
Stay Up To Date!⁠

Grief Support / Grief Journey App: ⁠
www.studio.com/griefjourney⁠

Support the Show:
Patreon (Early + Ad-Free Episodes): ⁠
Join Here⁠

Merch: ⁠
Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More⁠

About DEAD Talks:
DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio normalizes conversations around death. Each episode features raw, honest stories of grief, loss, and the deeper meaning behind it—helping make the hardest topic in life easier to talk about.

Follow DEAD Talks:
⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠Substack⁠
www.deadtalks.net⁠⁠

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
1h 1min
June 01, 2026 Sean Collyns: Do Souls Choose Suffering? Mediumship, Past Lives & the Afterlife (#264)
Medium Sean Collyns returns to DEAD Talks to explore one of the hardest spiritual questions: do souls choose suffering before life?
In this episode, we talk about mediumship, reincarnation, past lives, spirit guides, soul purpose, free will, destiny, and what may happen right after death. Sean also shares what he has learned from connecting with thousands of spirits and why the afterlife may be less about punishment and more about unconditional love, growth, and remembering who we really are.
Pre-order my book You’re Not Dead Yet: How Grief and Loss Can Teach You To Live, coming September 8th, 2026. Link is in the show notes.

For more on Sean Collyns click here for all of his links
or visit https://seanpsychicmedium.com/book

My first book “You’re Not Dead Yet” is available to check out here on my website as well!: https://www.deadtalks.net/book

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If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
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Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

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“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks
DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
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1h 12min
May 25, 2026 Near-Death Experience, The Afterlife & Losing Fear Of Death with Elton Anderson Jr (#263)
Elton Anderson Jr. shares the terrifying story of nearly dying from malaria while traveling alone in Brazil — and the profound near-death experience that changed his understanding of life, death, spirituality, and love forever.
During the experience, Elton describes encountering spiritual beings, feeling complete oneness, and losing all fear of death. He also opens up about survival, consciousness, identity, travel, intuition, and the aftermath of returning to everyday life after experiencing what felt like the other side.
A powerful conversation about mortality, healing, spirituality, and what may exist beyond this life.

📖 David Ferrugio’s first book You’re Not Dead Yet releases September 8th, 2026.
Pre-order here: https://www.deadtalks.net/book

Sign Up For E-Mail Updates Here > Submit Your Email

If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
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Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More: Shop Here

“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks
DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
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1h 13min
May 18, 2026 Mark Normand Gets Brutally Honest About Death & Emotions (#262)
Mark Normand joins DEAD Talks for one of his most honest and unexpected conversations yet.
Known for his rapid-fire comedy and dark humor, Mark opens up about fatherhood, mortality, religion, emotional suppression, addiction, grief, cancel culture, and why comedy may actually be a coping mechanism.
This episode explores the psychology behind humor, fear of death, masculinity, existential anxiety, and what really matters when the “static” of life gets stripped away.
My first book “You’re Not Dead Yet”: https://www.deadtalks.net/book

Sign Up For E-Mail Updates Here: Submit Your Email

If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
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Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More: Shop Here

“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | www.deadtalks.net: https://www.deadtalks.net/book
Sign Up For E-Mail Updates Here > Submit Your Email

If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
www.studio.com/griefjourney

Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More: Shop Here

“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
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1h
May 11, 2026 Stanford Psychiatrist: "You're Not Living, You're Surviving" Dr. Paul Conti (#261)
Stanford-trained psychiatrist Dr. Paul Conti joins Dead Talks to explain why most people aren't actually living — they're just surviving, driven by unhealed trauma they can't see. We unpack how trauma rewires your brain, accelerates aging in your body, hijacks your memory, and creates the reflex of guilt and shame that keeps you stuck.

Check out Dr. Paul Conti's Book: "What's Going Right"

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Pre-Order My First Book "You're Not Dead Yet" Here!

If you're looking for Grief Support check out our new Grief Journey App
www.studio.com/griefjourney

Support the Show
Join the DEAD Talks Patreon for just $2 to support the mission—and get episodes early & ad-free!

Hats, Shirts, Hoodies + More: Shop Here

“Dead Dad Club” & “Dead Mom Club” – Wear your story, honor your people.

Exclusive Discounts

10% off Neurogum – powered by natural caffeine, L-theanine, and vitamins B6 & B12 to boost focus and energy.

About DEAD Talks

DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio approaches death differently. Each guest shares raw stories of grief, loss, or unique perspectives that challenge the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn’t end—it evolves. After losing his father on September 11th at just 12 years old, David discovered the power of conversation. Through laughter, tears, and honest dialogue, DEAD Talks helps make it a little easier to talk about death, mourning, trauma, and the life that continues beyond it.

Connect with DEAD Talks
YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | www.deadtalks.net

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1h 5min

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