Elise Hu

I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Have you ever wanted to read someone else's mind?

Well, mentalist Oz Perlman is billed as one of the world's greatest mind readers, and yet he says he doesn't have any special powers.

In this spectacular talk meets magic show, mentalist Oz Perlman opens up to a captivated audience, sharing why it all comes down to understanding the human spirit and mind.

So close your eyes if you can, please don't if you're driving, and imagine you're sitting in the TED theater.

Oz is on stage, the house lights go up, and he walks out into the audience.

Over the next 15 minutes, he engages with multiple audience members he's never met before, wows everyone, and shows us how the principles of mentalism can be tools for living better and more connected lives at home, at work, and in our relationships.

What?

Hey, y'all, Elise here, jumping in to say that Ian did, in fact, sit down at this moment looking absolutely flabbergasted, meaning he was thinking of Alexander the Great.

I'm as shocked as you are, honestly.

You don't have to hold the applause inside, Ted.

Around this time, someone from offstage hands Oz a small whiteboard and a marker.

He turns to Angira, and as he talks to her, he writes down a name, but doesn't reveal it to the audience just yet.

Are we singers?

Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan.

This is not my first rodeo.

Okay, folks, the camera swings back to Anjira, who is bouncing up and down as she stands talking to Oz, and he's right.

She wasn't actually thinking of Bob Dylan.