Episode 25: So You’re Dead. Now What?

The Two Humans confront their own mortality when they ask the question, “Is there laughter in the Sweet Hereafter?”

Episode 25: So You’re Dead, Now What? 

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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