YERRR – the guys sat down with mind-reading menace Oz Pearlman to get their brains absolutely violated. Oz pulls off mental stunts that make zero sense and then explains none of it...He breaks down the psychology behind magic, how he hustled his way from Wall Street to the world stage, and why messing with people’s minds is the ultimate flex. All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE.

00:00 Intro

00:23 What is a Mentalist? Reading people

4:44 Meeting Obama + Getting Alexx

8:51 Trying to work this out

10:27 What is the secret sauce? PIN on Rogan

14:46 Oz is in control + Mark's best friend

22:23 Marathon runner + Developing the skills

29:07 Dealing with rejection + Reading people

34:58 Magic + Suggestibility

41:16 Guessing words trick = The book's not available!

54:15 How did he do this?

1:01:58 Anti-trick?

1:04:22 French Open was insane + NBA finals

1:07:55 Guessing Alexx's words

1:13:32 Bodega choice + Full circle moment

1:21:24 Re-using techniques + Planning tricks

1:30:19 First magic trick + dissecting the trick

1:32:20 Doing your research

1:36:19 What is unethical? Misdirections

1:41:09 Derren Brown = incredible + Lucid dreaming

1:47:46 Hypnosis + negative reactions

1:54:36 Meeting his wife

1:57:17 Tricks for stoners

2:00:11 Feel basis + When it goes wrong

2:05:46 Helping newcomers + Rogan appearance

2:09:13 Establishing a baseline

2:10:22 Oz's new book "Read Your Mind"

2:15:06 Power of opening statement

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