February 11, 2006: Afterlife Encounters - Dianne Arcangel | Internet Privacy - Lauren Weinstein
Podcast:The Art Bell Archive Published On: Thu Dec 18 2025 Description: Art Bell welcomes internet pioneer Lauren Weinstein to discuss digital privacy and technology's impact on society. Weinstein addresses the battle between piracy and legitimate downloading, warning that overly broad copy protection measures could harm non-infringing uses. He examines the NSA domestic surveillance controversy, emphasizing that oversight is key to balancing national security with civil liberties. The conversation also covers China's internet censorship and Google's controversial decision to create a Chinese search engine complying with government rules.In the second half, afterlife researcher Dianne Arcangel presents evidence from her five-year international study on after-death encounters. She shares verified cases including a murdered son revealing the location of his blood evidence to his mother, and a deceased man directing a businessman to hidden money in a wall. Each case involves information the living person could not have known, later confirmed through independent verification. Arcangel outlines six conditions she considers evidence for survival of consciousness.Art shares a personal account of communications he received from a German woman claiming to channel messages from his recently deceased wife Ramona. The medium described specific details about Ramona's personality, her cat Yeti, and the circumstances of her death that Art confirms no stranger could have known.