Death — the thing so many of us fear most. Hardwired into nearly every living creature is the instinct to fight against it, yet it remains the one certainty we cannot escape. The opposite of survival, and still, the end awaiting us all. What kind of cruel joke is that? And why does it terrify us so deeply?

In this episode, I open a new mini-series on death by asking: why do we fear it so much? And is there any way to escape such a horrid truth... or must we learn to accept it?

With the help of a strange cast of characters, we’ll explore whether death truly is the end, and whether that’s really as terrifying as we think. Or... are there even stranger possibilities waiting for us?