Gone to the Other Side — Back in the Fall
6/3/20262 min
After 114 episodes, 400,000 downloads, and listeners in 149 countries, the host of Spirits Beside Us has done something he never expected — he's gone quiet.
Not permanently. Not dramatically. Just honestly.
In this two-minute episode — possibly the most important one ever recorded and definitely the shortest — Chris shares what happened somewhere inside these last two years, why the spark that started this show quietly went out, and why sometimes the most intentional thing you can do is stop.
He'll be back in the fall. Spirit willing.
Until then — he's gone to the other side. The European side, specifically. With his wife. For their 30th anniversary. Which, if you think about it, is exactly where a man who talks to the dead should go to find himself again.
See you in the fall.
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First 90 secondsChris Lippincott· Host0:00
Something happened somewhere inside these last two years that I never saw coming, and I think you deserve to hear about it. The spark I started with, that fire that had me showing up every week to sit with you inside your ears and talk about the spirit world, spirit guides, connecting with those who've crossed over, somewhere along the way, it got quietly replaced by something mechanical, a requirement, like keep creating, keep producing, keep showing up, whether the fire was there or not. I'm sure you've felt it, because I know I have. So before I tell you what comes next, I want you to know something first. I've absolutely loved this, every single week of it. The trust that you've placed in me, the dedication, the fact that you stayed, and having so many of you reach out from across 149 countries, that just still stops me cold. Just to tell me what this show has meant to you, I don't really have the right words for that. And honestly, I'm not sure they exist. So I'm taking the summer off. My wife and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary with a long overdue trip through Europe, and I'm gonna let this show breathe for the first time since we started. No recording, no producing, just living,