Mentalism and Meta-Deception with Stevie Baskin

Decoding the Gurus by Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Apr 8, 202601:28:17Society & Culture

On this episode, we’re joined by Stevie Baskin, a skeptic and YouTuber who released a five-hour detailed critique of the “meta-deception” of Oz Pearlman. He argues that mentalism differs from traditional magic by introdu...

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