Richard Wiseman

Episode 4 of the The Insider podcast, hosted by Vanishing Inc. Magic, titled "Richard Wiseman" was published on May 4, 2020 and runs 29 minutes.

May 4, 2020 ·29m · The Insider

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Summary

Today's guest is a actual real-life professor. An academic. A magician. A skeptic. A viral video creator. An author of best-selling books and proper scientific papers. It’s the one and only Professor Richard Wiseman. In this episode we talk about skepticism, viral videos, his early days in magic and books, a magic show with no performer, his appearance in a Queen video and the best hack you'll ever hear for checking your presentation software is working properly.  Here's the video he's in. Can you spot his arm? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIlz08fZos

Episode Description

Today's guest is a actual real-life professor. An academic. A magician. A skeptic. A viral video creator. An author of best-selling books and proper scientific papers. It’s the one and only Professor Richard Wiseman.

In this episode we talk about skepticism, viral videos, his early days in magic and books, a magic show with no performer, his appearance in a Queen video and the best hack you'll ever hear for checking your presentation software is working properly.

Here's the video he's in. Can you spot his arm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIlz08fZos

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