150: Derren Brown | Using the Power of Suggestion for Good
The Jordan Harbinger Show
How I Got Started as a Hypnotist
I started off as a hypnotist. I was desperate for the tension and had that performer thing in me, and I think hypnosis really taps into a desire to control,. As does magic in it some way. So if you don't feel very impressive in yourself, both of those really tick that box. And so it kind of became a real passion, and then I drifted in more into doing close up magic - mentalism. The first special went out in 2000 on Channel 4 in Britain. They repeated the show, and they repeated quite well, so they commissioned another one. Like Truman Show-like psychological experiments where they're surrounded by actors and big dramatic world. We do this right
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