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Sep 24, 2025

In this episode, Dr Radin returns to the show to talk to us about his amazing new book, The Science of Magic.

We look at

  • Meta-analyses with trillion-to-one odds.

  • Hotel poltergeists that target specific researchers.

  • Spoons that bend without force.

  • Sigils. Always, always sigils.

Radin explains why materialist...


Sep 16, 2025

Filmmaker Richard Stanley joins us to unpack his incredible book "Otto Rahn: Grail Hunter" - the true story of a gay Jewish medievalist who became the SS's chief grail hunter in Nazi Germany.

We explore Stanley's own supernatural experiences on Montségur (getting trapped by lightning), the brutal genocide of the...


Sep 4, 2025

Vanese McNeill, co-producer of the Magical Egypt series, returns to the show. In this episode, we explore the hows and possible whys of spirit involvement in history, from the super-elite level down to the everyday. And also across to some of the sillier claims about AI floating in the air like so many plasma...