Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We see psychics, tarot card readers, crystal balls, tea leaf readers, palm readers and others in storefronts all over the world. But do these methods work? And if not, why does it seem like these people know things they couldn’t possibly know?
In this episode of SkeptiLab: The Bunk Stops Here!, the team welcomes Phil Lamarr to help unravel the mysteries surrounding fortune telling. Phil is an actor (Pulp Fiction), comedian (Mad TV), and voice artist (Futurama, Samurai Jack) living in Los Angeles. Also, Professor Richard Wiseman from the UK lends his formidable expertise on the technique of cold reading, an integral part of fortune telling. Watch Phil, Richard, and host Jim Underdown pull back the curtain on this dubious illusion.
We see psychics, tarot card readers, crystal balls, tea leaf readers, palm readers and others in storefronts all over the world. But do these methods work? And if not, why does it seem like these people know things they couldn’t possibly know?
In this episode of SkeptiLab: The Bunk Stops Here!, the team welcomes Phil Lamarr to help unravel the mysteries surrounding fortune telling. Phil is an actor (Pulp Fiction), comedian (Mad TV), and voice artist (Futurama, Samurai Jack) living in Los Angeles. Also, Professor Richard Wiseman from the UK lends his formidable expertise on the technique of cold reading, an integral part of fortune telling. Watch Phil, Richard, and host Jim Underdown pull back the curtain on this dubious illusion.
