Episode #1163
Banachek
Books mentioned
The Magic of Uri Geller
Mentioned by Banachek · at 00:10:09
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Banachek is a mentalist, professional magician, and investigator of psychic claims whose interest in skepticism and paranormal phenomena developed through magic, psychology, and personal experience. He discusses his work in parapsychology, a long-running psychic hoax, exposing fraudulent faith healers, and the ethics of deception, before demonstrating mentalism and fork-bending rooted in psychological techniques, sleight of hand, and practice.
What they talked about
- Banachek's early bell-wiring trick
- Using psychology over hidden gadgets in haunted house
- Origin of the stage name Banachek
- Bending spoons and forks in front of scientists
- Exposing psychic fraud with Randy and Joe Newsom
- Berthold Schwartz's belief in Joe's psychic powers
- The Million Dollar Challenge TV show pitch
- Debunking fake psychics vs. performing magic
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