Dan Engber

So they're taking a lot of care to make sure only Mia's mom is seeing this number. And then Mia's mom, who is the facilitator, sits next to Mia, and Mia spells out, using, you know, her letter board, what her mom has just seen, or she says what the number is.

So they're taking a lot of care to make sure only Mia's mom is seeing this number. And then Mia's mom, who is the facilitator, sits next to Mia, and Mia spells out, using, you know, her letter board, what her mom has just seen, or she says what the number is.

So that's the test. That's the telepathy experiment as described in the first episode of the show.

So that's the test. That's the telepathy experiment as described in the first episode of the show.

So that's the test. That's the telepathy experiment as described in the first episode of the show.

Well, I hate to say this to a podcast host, but, like, I think the problem here is there's sort of, like, a pernicious problem with audio that is in play here. Boo.

Well, I hate to say this to a podcast host, but, like, I think the problem here is there's sort of, like, a pernicious problem with audio that is in play here. Boo.

Well, I hate to say this to a podcast host, but, like, I think the problem here is there's sort of, like, a pernicious problem with audio that is in play here. Boo.

It's all about voices and people's impressions. And it's so intimate, right? And I think these are all things that are echoed in the people with telepathy, supposedly with telepathy as well. So I think it's worth talking this through. In listening to the podcast, you're hearing Guy Dickens, the host, just be so amazed by what she's seeing.

It's all about voices and people's impressions. And it's so intimate, right? And I think these are all things that are echoed in the people with telepathy, supposedly with telepathy as well. So I think it's worth talking this through. In listening to the podcast, you're hearing Guy Dickens, the host, just be so amazed by what she's seeing.

It's all about voices and people's impressions. And it's so intimate, right? And I think these are all things that are echoed in the people with telepathy, supposedly with telepathy as well. So I think it's worth talking this through. In listening to the podcast, you're hearing Guy Dickens, the host, just be so amazed by what she's seeing.

And then one of the members of her crew, she describes as this real, like, skeptical guy, this real materialist. And he kind of has a conversion in real time on the podcast.

And then one of the members of her crew, she describes as this real, like, skeptical guy, this real materialist. And he kind of has a conversion in real time on the podcast.

And then one of the members of her crew, she describes as this real, like, skeptical guy, this real materialist. And he kind of has a conversion in real time on the podcast.

So for the listener, you're not even hearing Mia. Of course, Mia doesn't speak. That's the point. But you're hearing the people who are seeing Mia, and you're getting their reactions, and they are so amazed, and it is so sincere that that emotion just transfers to you. Also, the podcast is really... I would say amateurishly produced.

So for the listener, you're not even hearing Mia. Of course, Mia doesn't speak. That's the point. But you're hearing the people who are seeing Mia, and you're getting their reactions, and they are so amazed, and it is so sincere that that emotion just transfers to you. Also, the podcast is really... I would say amateurishly produced.

So for the listener, you're not even hearing Mia. Of course, Mia doesn't speak. That's the point. But you're hearing the people who are seeing Mia, and you're getting their reactions, and they are so amazed, and it is so sincere that that emotion just transfers to you. Also, the podcast is really... I would say amateurishly produced.

I talked to one podcast producer who described it as having kind of like a Blair Witch effect, which I thought was apt. It's like that just makes it feel a little more real somehow.

I talked to one podcast producer who described it as having kind of like a Blair Witch effect, which I thought was apt. It's like that just makes it feel a little more real somehow.

I talked to one podcast producer who described it as having kind of like a Blair Witch effect, which I thought was apt. It's like that just makes it feel a little more real somehow.