Hacking the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer, Maverick, JFK and Sargent Shriver

Here’s the “Election Edition” that we did last week.

As noted, we did not “invite” anyone to this session. Sometimes I get the feeling or impression “someone wants to speak to us.” In this case, I was tied up, busy up to the moment we went on air — and just left it open to Luana, our friend on the flipside, to bring to the class whomever wanted to speak.

Maverick

She begins with “Maverick.” He showed up to discuss the election. Said he felt “bitter sweet” and Jennifer said it “felt like” he was saying “sweet revenge.” (Or I did. I forget). Bittersweet (revenge).

We call him Maverick, because as noted in “Backstage Pass to the Flipside” John came forward to chat with us, Jennifer couldn’t think of his name, but heard the word.

As a point of order, I was not a fan of his politics, I had met his chief of staff while researching my film “Three For the Road” with Charlie Sheen, and I remember him as a political creature created of the era. I knew his life story, and in the book we go over his impressions of the flipside.

But I had the impression he showed up in my apt. as I heard his voice say “I understand you’re the person I need to speak with to give my family a message.” I was startled…