Have you ever wondered who you’ve been? Did you know there are signs that consciousness can survive death? Tune into this most replayed moment of the reincarnation episode of SPGC ft. MomsFirst founder Reshma Saujani and Dr. Jim Matlock. Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, talks past lives with reincarnation researcher Dr. Jim Matlock. Those “impossible” stories you’ve heard about kids remembering who they were before? There’s more to it than you think. Get curious about: Kids’ past life memoriesWhere we go between livesKarmaWhat consciousness really isReshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media. She is a New York Times bestselling author of several books including PAY UP, Brave, Not Perfect, and the Girls Who Code series. Her 2025 Harvey Mudd commencement speech on gender division and her 2023 Smith College speech on imposter syndrome have been viewed over 20 million times, and her TED talk, “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” has over 54 million views globally. In 2010, Reshma was the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. Instagram: http://bit.ly/48PJ9KsDr. Jim Matlock, referred to us by the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies, has worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation in New York, focusing on the postmortem survival of consciousness and reincarnation. His books include I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children’s Experiences of Reincarnation, co-authored with Erlendur Haraldsson (2016), and Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, which won a Best Book of the Year Award from the Parapsychological Association (2019). Jim teaches a 15-week graduate level seminar on reincarnation research and theory and leads an active Facebook group called Signs of Reincarnation.On Smart People Get Curious, hosted by Tania Zaparaniuk, high-profile guests get to nerd out with real experts in fields they’re fascinated by—but know nothing about. They ask their “dumb” questions, and listeners learn alongside them. It’s unscripted, surprising, and refreshingly human.

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