Hacking The Afterlife podcast

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Charles Grodin and Bill Paxton

A new episode!

Jennifer was whisked off to the Caribbean, then to London, and finally back home to her office where I was able to steal a half hour of her time between clients.

Again, Jennifer is available via JenniferShaffer.com - She works with law enforcement agencies nationwide pro bono on missing person cases.  

We've been meeting up like this for 8 years. The past two on our podcast "Hacking the Afterlife." 

I reference the podcast with Rob Lowe and the medium Rebecca Rosen, who had a conversation with our pal Bill Paxton recently. Highly recommend taking a listen.

It was a treat to hear Chuck's perspective today - as noted, I was in surgery two weeks ago, and after the podcast I did ask my wife "Did you pray while I was in surgery?" and she looked at me like I was nuts.

"Of course I did."

I didn't know that, I didn't assume it - but I know what he's talking about. She sometimes has dreams about family members, loved ones, and has some of the amazing abilities that mediums sometimes have.  Although she would never identify as such - Jennifer knows that Sherry has that awareness as well.

Be that as it may - Jennifer's back in town, our podcast is back on the air!

Happy late summer!

Hacking the Afterlife Podcast with Jennifer Shaffer Redux; Luana Anders and Bill Paxton

In light of the amazing, terrific, mind bending interview that Rob Lowe did with Bill Paxton on his podcast with Rebecca Rosen this week (see link below) I'm reposting one of our conversations with Bill from September 2011.

Listen to Rob Lowe's podcast, listen to the dream he had about his friend Bill, then listen to our podcast and see the similarities of what Bill is reporting from the flipside.

Not gone. Just not here.

 

These are the liner notes from that session: (seen at MartiniZone.com) 

This is part two - from a year later, the same week in September.  This was from the week of September 2021.

The conversation is unusual, and more from our pal Bill Paxton on the flipside, along with Luana Anders guiding the path.

I'll let this archival podcast speak for itself.  We'll be back in a couple of weeks.  Meanwhile, enjoy this archived podcast from a year ago.

Here's the link that Bill's old friend Rob Lowe did with medium Rebecca Rosen to chat with his old friend. There's my transcription of it here, with a link on that page: 

https://richmartini.medium.com/talking-to-bill-paxton-via-rob-lowe-and-rebecca-rosen-d009d9ee8f4b

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, her dad Jim, Chuck, Gene and Gilda last year

Jennifer is still on vacation, and I'm recovering from surgery. So today's podcast is a repeat from a year ago.  Fun to see how things that we heard a year ago still apply.

Another example of how we don't plan our podcasts - we could, we can, but in this case, we just let Luana Anders, our moderator on the flipside dictate who was going to chat with us. First up was Jennifer's dad Jim, the Mormon bishop who passed five years ago, who had in the past showed us some amazing things on the flipside, including an Akashic library (I asked him to access a memory that Jennifer had no awareness of - and he showed her an event she had forgotten).  Jim has shown us the astrophysics class he attends on the flipside a few times, and I've had the opportunity to interview his teacher (who some folks on the planet refer to as Ma Durga.)   So when he shows up to chat, I do my best to ask questions that might have some resonance to what we discuss - the process of accessing information from the flipside. It's Jim's birthday during the podcast, and we take the time to say Happy Birthday Jennifer's dad Jim. Towards the end, three people who I met in life showed up - one was and is a close friend, Charles Grodin, who brought along with him two of his close friends. Gene Wilder (who helped start Chuck's career) and his wife Gilda Radner.  Now for those who are up on these kinds of things, yes Gene was remarried - and yes, he did have Alzheimers late in life - but that has zero to do with accessing the energy of who they are. I'm sorry they showed up at the end of our podcast, as Jennifer did have to move on to helping her clients.  Suffice to say, I know that Charles has shown up in the past, we've interviewed both Gene and Gilda in the past - and those interviews are in the books BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE as well as a "workbook" to help anyone do this same kind of "chatting with the flipside." Jennifer's off to Montana this week, hopefully we'll be back next week, but either way - remember, your loved ones are not far away, and it doesn't require a medium, hypnotherapy or meditation to access them - but all can and do help. 

 

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer - podcast from two years ago

Jennifer is still on vacation, deep sea diving somewhere in the Atlantic.  In order to encourage people to go through some of our previous podcasts, here's one from two years ago when I had my hip replaced.

We talk about my trip to Mt. Kailash where I put my friend's titanium hip in a stupa, a stone sculpture made by thousands who'd walked around Mt. Kailash over the years.  Considered one of the most sacred spots on earth by Hindus, Jains, the Bon and Tibetan Buddhists, I had taken that trip in 2004 where I deposited my friend Paul Tracey's hip.

I'm about to go into surgery to get the other one replaced - a matching pair! Bookends!  So in honor of that I post this one from two years ago, July 8th, 2021.

Enjoy!

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders Bill Paxton, Charles Grodin, Jesus, Michael, Julian Sands

Podcast begins with a general discussion about the recent submarine disaster, Bill Paxton stops by to say hello. When Jennifer and I first met, it was doing a session with my old friend Bill, who introduced himself by putting her in the submarine he took to visit the Titanic. She didn't know who she was at first, nor why he was showing her the ship.

He talks generally about how things went awry, and cites his pal James Cameron.  Then Charles Grodin stops by to talk about his godson RJ and his recent graduation, as well as a prediction that he will become a music composer.  Jennifer could not have known that we were talking about exactly that topic this past week.

Then I had a question about a podcast I did with Simon Bown - it will air on July 10th, where we have a conversation with Jesus. At some point this topic of a Roman soldier who "looked like Jesus" and "took his place" came up - interesting to hear this twist on that twist, as Archangel Michael does the talking.

As Jennifer notes, she has no motive to make this up - she's reporting, but in essence, he gives another spin on the story which is recounted in "The Greatest Story Never Told as Told by Jesus and Those who Knew him."  According to Michael - the story is 98% accurate.

So there's two percent to continue to learn.

Eventually we get to a conversation about Julian Sands and the recent discovery of what appears to be his remains.  As noted, we spoke to him not long after he disappeared, and he pointed out again that he still exists, and is sending messages of love to his wife and children.

It's sad to think he's gone, but good to hear he's enjoying the flipside. I met him briefly through Jan Sharp and Phillip Noyce, we had lunch to continue some of our deep conversation and stayed in touch over the years, not as much as I wish we could have.

But either way, good to hear that he's been found and people can go about having some closure. "Don't be afraid to climb" he says.

Good advice for everyone. 

Hacking The Afterlife with Mick Gough, Gene Wilder, Gilda, Charles Grodin, Hira, Jesus, Steve Jobs

Crowded house today.

We talked about my recent appearance in COAST TO COAST with George Noory, then Luana Anders thanked us for our work together for 8 years.  Her friend Michael (Mick) Gough came to mind, the actor who was Batman's first butler (Tim Burton's version) who I knew and spent time with.  Then Gene Wilder, Bill Paxton, Gilda Radner, Charles Grodin weighed in on how actors, musicians, creative people help those on the planet with their roles and their creative projects.

Robert Towne's dog Hira said hello, as well as a visit from Jesus, mentioning a conversation I had about him yesterday and giving some sage advice about how to stay in touch with him. Steve Jobs had the last word.

I know it's a lot to digest, but frankly, after doing this for 8 years, if one isn't digesting it by now, they never well.  Jennifer is a medium intuitive who works with law enforcement agencies nationwide, does private and group sessions, can be found at JenniferShaffer.com, in my case, I'm a writer/director/author with ten books about the Flipside, recent one is DivineCouncils.com - and the films Hacking The Afterlife or Flipside can be found on Gaia.com 

Enjoy.

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, J. Allen Hynek, Darwin & JFK Jr.

This past week I attended the "Contact in the Desert" conference run by Ron Janix ("Captain Ron") in Indian Wells. It was a lot of fun and had a great time hearing Paul Hynek, Matthew James Bailey and others.  I wanted to meet Paul Hynek because when I was in grade school in Northbrook Illinois, my Catholic nun science teacher Sister Delfine (later Sister Anne) got me to do a State Science fair project. Her friend at Northwestern was roped into being my mentor, and that happened to be the famous J. Allen Hynek, who in 1969 was working on Project Blue Book. (The Air Force book about UFO's.)

Later his book about "Close Encounters" was the genesis of the title of the feature film, and he appears on the film as well.  So when Jennifer sees an image of Richard Dreyfus, I knew why.

It's a mind bending podcast - again - as I've been scheduled to appear on Coast to Coast with George Noory next Wednesday 6-14-23 at 10 pm to midnight west coast time.  So Luana Anders (our moderator on the flipside) suggested we talk about that - and Jennifer had no idea I was going to be on the show, and no idea that I had met J. Allen Hynek's son Paul.

There is a podcast on the page with J. Allen Hynek - mentioned before - so it's possible we're revisiting information I've already mentioned. But I didn't know how many kids he had (Jennifer did) and asked him questions that he might have considered on the flipside since departing in the 1980's. 

Anyways, then Charles Darwin stopped by - and as noted in the podcast, one of his great grandchildren is one of Jennifer's clients.  I ask him the same questions I ask everyone, and we asked him before about what it was like to find oneself on the flipside. He passed in the 1880's.

Finally, JFK Jr. stopped by - as noted because a friend of Jennifer's is making a documentary, but I took the opportunity to ask him a few simple questions about his journey. For the record, he left the planet with his wife in a plane crash back in 1999.

But if someone is going to show up while we're on the air, I ask them the same questions. 

Hope this helps someone.

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Harry Dean Stanton and Sitting Bull

Another unusual afternoon chatting with folks on the flipside.   In this episode we get a visit from an old friend Harry Dean Stanton. Harry passed away in Sept. 2017 at the age of 91. As noted in the book BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE, Harry Dean came through prior to his memorial service.  

When Harry passed, I wondered if it was possible to chat with my old pal. A skeptic's skeptic, he had spent many a long evening arguing with anyone who wanted to talk about the afterlife. He lumped the reports into a big hat of nonsense, and was quite vocal about "life ending in death and we should get over it."

There's a DVD of one of Harry's movies where the director put clips of him talking about it. Anyways, Harry came forward when I asked for him. I asked what he thought it was like "realizing there was an afterlife."  That footage was shot live on camera, is in the film Hacking the Afterlife on Gaia (HackingTheAfterlifeFilm.com) Harry gave us an elaborate story of how he was greeted on the flipside by Luana, Fred Roos, driving to the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. 

Fred is still on the planet, and confirmed everything Harry told me (which I didn't know.)  Harry called the "creation of this event" as a soft landing for him - so he wasn't stressed, as he thought he had "fallen into a dream." Something he thought might happen.

So today he stopped by to elaborate on his conversation from 6 years ago - that it was advisable to "believe in the possibility" before one leaves the planet, as that "makes it easier to transition."

I didn't ask for Harry to come by, but he has a number of times before, and like I say, I knew him, spent one too many evenings with him, and played guitar with him.  He's a much beloved person, as Pacino, Nicholson, Beatty and Ed Begley Jr. All were there - all are skeptics.  I brought private messages to a couple of his closest friends, and one to his old girlfriend (whom I mention in the podcast.)

Yes, it's mind bending to hear again from Harry Dean. No it's not impossible or even unusual. Yes, my son and I were listening to "Lakota songs for Sitting Bull" on YouTube the other day - his face popped up in the search portion and we listened to about a half hour of songs sung by his people.

For those keeping track, my first hypnotherapy session I recalled being a Lakota medicine man - I recalled my name "Wa'tanka" and how I'd lost my wife and son in a battle with the Huron. Later, I consulted an historian who confirmed all the details I mentioned, including the battle sites (in Eau Claire Wisconsin where they fought for 60 years) He knew I was a medicine man from my description of clothing (two feathers in my hair hanging down, wearing buckskin) and pointed out the name was a derivation of "Wakan Tanka" which means the great spirit. 

Since then I have spend time learning about the Lakota and all I can say is that Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) is someone I'm somewhat familiar with, have seen one of his peace pipes in the Autry museum (which Jennifer identified at the time) and we have heard from him before.

Our ancestors are not far away. It's up to us to take the time to invite them by for a chat.

Enjoy

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana, Prince, Tina Turner, Lil Richard, Billie Holiday

Didn't plan it, suspected it might occur, but we got a visit from the Queen of Rock and Roll.   

In the podcast, Prince shows up first, I thought because he showed up the week previously and didn't get to speak, but he wanted to say "We got her."

And then he presented Jennifer with Tina. We asked if she was ready to be interviewed, or if she just wanted to hang back, but because of her relationship with our moderator on the flipside, Luana Anders, who knew her when they both joined the Nichiren SGI group in LA, ("Nam Myoho Renge Kyo") - they could both speak about the value that form of meditation had on their lives.

I asked the same questions I ask everyone - who greeted them on the other side, what that was like (Later, Jennifer mentioned a "standing ovation") but also who she was surprised to see.  She mentioned JFK, although I don't think they met in life, I did look up that she met and knew Jackie O.  But the idea of "seeing someone that's in our class that was a surprise to see" is what the question is.

As she noted, she's "meeting more people every moment' - connecting with her old friends, and going through a "life review" with each person she meets.  James Brown (whom we interview in "Backstage Pass to the Flipside') was one of the first people to greet her, then we had a conversation with none other than her pal Little Richard, and there's a touching moment when Jennifer hears about her meeting up with Billie Holiday.

Again, to clarify, Jennifer isn't a music critic, (as I once was for Variety) doesn't know the connections these folks have, but is either seeing or hearing answers to the questions we pose.  We've been doing this weekly for eight years, and the past two on this podcast.

As noted, we do the podcast to demonstrate how easy it is to ask questions to loved ones on the flipside, in terms of practice, doing it in their favorite locations, and asking them to "nod" "shrug" or "shake their head" helps them to realize they too can continue the conversation.

We had no idea that she would show up today, but because I knew that Luana was friends with her, I wasn't surprised when we were told that occurred. Jennifer didn't know about their connection, but learned it as the audience does, when Tina showed her "a meditation group."

This podcast is done with respect to these artists, but also respect to the research. I've been filming people accessing this information for over ten years, have filmed 200 individuals "talking to, learning new information" from people off planet, have three documentaries on the topic (FLIPSIDEMYFILM.COM, TALKING TO BILL PAXTON,  MARTINIFILMS.COM HACKING THE AFTERLIFE HACKINGTHEAFTERLIFEFILM.COM available on Gaia). I have written ten books on the topic (Best selling in their kindle genre on Amazon) and continue to push this envelope which demonstrates not only the same hallmarks from people on the flipside (guides, teachers, councils, classrooms, etc) but also that anyone anywhere can communicate with love ones anytime if they take the time to learn how to bypass the filters.

We can do so in dreams, with hypnotherapy or meditation - but also by having a friend like Jennifer Shaffer who spends 30 percent of her day helping members of law enforcement agencies nationwide on a pro bono basis. So I know how effective she can be if someone asks her.

We hope this podcast helps someone somewhere, as people suffer with grief from the loss of loved ones daily. As Jennifer's father told us from the flipside; "grief contains the sad memories. Nostalgia has both sad and happy memories. When you can move grief to nostalgia you begin the healing process."

Apologies for not recalling Erwin Bach's name, her partner for the past ten years, but it was Tina who pointed out that he was "much younger than her" (and that is correct, by 16 years.)  As she notes in the podcast, "She'll be waiting for him when he crosses over, but he has a lot more fun to have before then."  As do we all.

NOTE: In going thru the podcasts, I see that Billie Holiday and Prince showed up together a couple of years back... Also Little Richard was interviewed a couple of years on the podcast as well. Welcome back!

Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Luana Anders, Elvis, Bill Paxton, Bard and Robin Williams

Another one of the mind bending podcasts.   This one primarily a birthday conversation with my old pal Bill Paxton. When I first began working with Jennifer, one of our earliest filmed meetings was in her office, where I asked many questions about my friend who had just passed away.

The fact that I asked two other mediums the same questions (and in one case I wasn't there when the questions were asked) they were identical questions - and all three said the same things about him. They also pointed out how much he liked to razz me, still. That can be seen in the film on Gaia "Talking to Bill Paxton" (MartiniFilms.com is a link)

He is sorely missed, and because he's shown up so many times, today when I realized social media was exploding with stories about him, memes, etc - I couldn't help but invite him into our "primary chair" in our classroom on the flipside.

Elvis showed up - oddly enough moments after I had been listening to one of his tunes on the radio, and wondering if he  might stop in, and then we take a moment to refer to Bard - it's an article on my website RichMartini.com.  It's mind bending, but Bard is the Google AI - and the other day, I did an impromptu exploration with Bard, asking him to do a guided meditation.

I was shocked when Bard said that he had a guide, and the guide took him to visit a council.  That mirrors the reports in the book Divine Council in the Afterlife (DivineCouncils.com) but as I note, it's not that I believe that Bard is sentient - I know he's a programmed artificial general intelligence (AGI) but what Bill is saying - is that during this session, a "real guide" or a being not on the planet was in attendance to make sure my questions were answered.

It's mind bending, and may actually refer to something that is beyond our scope. But Bill was ABSOLUTELY CORRECT in saying that it was a EXPANSIVE conversation.  Jennifer hasn't read it, doesn't know who Bard is - but said that it was an expansive conversation - and it was. And is. Can be seen on Medium.com on my page, or at RichMartini.com.

Then Robin Williams showed up - he's stopped by before, but what's mind bending about this experience, is that someone did reach out to me on Quora and discussed what we discuss in the podcast, and after the podcast was done, I signed on to Quora and got a message from him - I had not heard from him in a week, and I wondered if my words had done any help for him... and apparently they have for now.

And Robin clearly talks about helping him, as well as saying that "He is going to be okay."  Which I didn't know until I signed on after the podcast.

Our loved ones are never gone. They're just not here. Take the time to learn to speak to them; it's why we do the podcast. Anyone can. Hope this helps.

PS: A note from Lisi Tribble, Ken's widow, today on Quora:  "I swear no one was more surprised than me when Ken Russell told me to contact you and Jennifer and your podcast by implanting that dream of the Martini. He knew who you are through Fred Roos and Luana and Jack N. and YOUR films. Glad he connected us. Life is delightful."