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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Banachek, Part 2 - Critical Thinking vs Skepticism

Jan 26, 2022
55:32

Episode 63: Mentalist and magician Banachek shares how he exposed a scam by televangelist and debunked faither healer Peter Popoff in the 80s, why he fights against funding pseudoscience, and the difference between critical thinking and skepticism. Plus: he performs a trick on Lola and Meagan.

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