Joe Rogan Experience #1163 - Banachek

Banachek is a mentalist, professional magician, and "thought reader." He performs as an entertainer and tours internationally. http://www.banachek.com/

Joe RoganhostBanachekguest

Aug 28, 20182h 8mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: August 28, 2018
Duration: 2h 8m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Banachek is a mentalist, professional magician, and "thought reader." He performs as an entertainer and tours internationally. http://www.banachek.com/

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Banachek, Joe Rogan Experience #1163 - Banachek explores mentalist Banachek Exposes Psychic Tricks, Scientific Hoaxes, and Belief Banachek (Stephen Shaw), a leading mentalist, explains how he convincingly simulates psychic phenomena using sleight of hand, psychology, and misdirection—while firmly insisting none of it is real. He recounts Project Alpha, a multi‑year hoax in which he and another young magician secretly fooled parapsychologists at Washington University to demonstrate how easily biased scientists can be misled. The conversation ranges through faith healers, ghost hunters, UFOs, memory flaws, and our deep human desire to believe in hidden powers or the supernatural. Throughout, Banachek both dazzles Rogan with live metal-bending and mind-reading demonstrations and deconstructs why mediums, evangelists, and TV “investigators” can so effectively exploit vulnerable people.

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