That’s a photo that Teller posted on Twitter of a portrait of Ricky Jay, the magician/actor/author known for this card-throwing abilities. I don’t know where it was taken, but the portrait consists entirely of thrown playing cards. If you’re not familiar with Jay, he has appeared in many TV shows and movies, including at least […]
Richard Wiseman joined me today on KTRS/St. Louis to talk about his new book, “Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There.” In it, Wiseman — who has been researching paranormal claims for over 20 years — debunks them, explains them, and provides some historical perspective for what psychics, hypnotists, and others claim is supernatural, but […]
My wife and I were in Vegas this weekend, but not for the World Series Of Poker Main Event. We attended the 9th annual Amazing Meeting, put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation. TAM is a gathering of skeptics, scientists, and magicians, and has become the largest gathering of its kind in the world. […]
My friend Jamy Ian Swiss appears in the latest episode of Mr. Deity as (what else?) a cynical magician…
I didn’t notice this until tonight — the logo Google’s been using all day to honor the greatest magician of all time (and best-known skeptic of the first half of the 20th century), Harry Houdini, who was born 137 years ago today…
I spent the last few days visiting my mother on Long Island and going into Manhattan to see a couple of one-man shows — Todd Robbins in “Play Dead” and Colin Quinn in “Long Story Short.” I’ve written about Robbins before. At Players Theater in Greenwich Village, he combines his abilities as a magician, sideshow […]