{"podcast":{"title":"Imagine Heaven Podcast with John Burke","slug":"imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530","podcast_index_feed_id":7127530,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6437398/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke--6437398","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3faad468127ba9819650d7d7fd4e1bdc.jpg","author":"John Burke","episode_count":31,"summary":"From the author of the New York Times Bestseller Imagine Heaven—with over 1 million copies sold—comes a thought-provoking podcast by John Burke exploring one of life’s biggest questions: What happens after we die? The Gallop poll found that 1 in 25 Americans has experienced a Near-Death Experience (NDE). Join us as we unpack real-life NDE stories and examine how they align with the Heaven described in the Bible. This podcast dives into the intersection of faith, science, and the profound mystery of the afterlife. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and awakened to new possibilities. Tune in and discover: Are NDEs glimpses of Heaven?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T02:21:02.315463+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530"},"episode":{"title":"Blind 8-Year-Old Describes Heaven the Same as Sighted People","slug":"blind-8-year-old-describes-heaven-the-same-as-sighted-people","published_at":"2026-05-19T14:30:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530/blind-8-year-old-describes-heaven-the-same-as-sighted-people","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/blind-8-year-old-describes-heaven-the-same-as-sighted-people--72060090","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72060090/ep_29_brad_barrows_blind_nde_audio.mp3","summary":"Blind from birth, Brad Barrows stopped breathing for 4 minutes during a near death experience at just 8 years old. During his NDE, he described heaven with details shockingly similar to what sighted people around the world report seeing — despite never having seen anything on earth himself. But there was one experience in heaven that stayed with him more than anything else. Brad encountered something so beautiful, powerful, and deeply moving that it awakened a passion inside him years before he would ever pursue it on earth. Later in life, Brad fell into a deep depression and reached the point of wanting to end his life. But in his darkest moment, the memory of what he experienced in heaven — and the passion it ignited in him as a child — came rushing back and ultimately saved him. In this emotional conversation with John Burke, Brad shares the breathtaking details of his near death experience, the uncanny similarities between his account and those of sighted people, and the heavenly encounter that changed the course of his life forever.","meta_description":"Blind from birth, Brad Barrows stopped breathing for 4 minutes during a near death experience at just 8 years old. During his NDE, he described heaven wit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3786,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530/episodes/blind-8-year-old-describes-heaven-the-same-as-sighted-people/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/imagine-heaven-podcast-with-john-burke-7127530/blind-8-year-old-describes-heaven-the-same-as-sighted-people.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}