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That already is a kind of magic, because kids who have been unable to communicate can now share their thoughts. But this podcast takes it to a whole new level of magic. It's not just that they can communicate. These kids can read minds.

That already is a kind of magic, because kids who have been unable to communicate can now share their thoughts. But this podcast takes it to a whole new level of magic. It's not just that they can communicate. These kids can read minds.

By the end of the series, the kids are not just reading minds. They're commuting with the dead, predicting disasters, and generally outclassing the neurotypical mortals.

By the end of the series, the kids are not just reading minds. They're commuting with the dead, predicting disasters, and generally outclassing the neurotypical mortals.

By the end of the series, the kids are not just reading minds. They're commuting with the dead, predicting disasters, and generally outclassing the neurotypical mortals.

On that road trip, my partner and I got into a big argument about this podcast. The mind-reading scenes sounded so believable on the podcast. But telepathy?

On that road trip, my partner and I got into a big argument about this podcast. The mind-reading scenes sounded so believable on the podcast. But telepathy?

On that road trip, my partner and I got into a big argument about this podcast. The mind-reading scenes sounded so believable on the podcast. But telepathy?

Why were so many people buying into this? I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. Today, we're going to talk about how an idea like telepathy lands differently now. The cultural conditions that make this old idea that's almost too fringe to bother debunking take off.

Why were so many people buying into this? I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. Today, we're going to talk about how an idea like telepathy lands differently now. The cultural conditions that make this old idea that's almost too fringe to bother debunking take off.

Why were so many people buying into this? I'm Hannah Rosen. This is Radio Atlantic. Today, we're going to talk about how an idea like telepathy lands differently now. The cultural conditions that make this old idea that's almost too fringe to bother debunking take off.

And we're going to do that by looking at this blockbuster podcast, The Telepathy Tapes, which started out as this low-budget independent project. And then in December, Joe Rogan started spreading the word.

And we're going to do that by looking at this blockbuster podcast, The Telepathy Tapes, which started out as this low-budget independent project. And then in December, Joe Rogan started spreading the word.

And we're going to do that by looking at this blockbuster podcast, The Telepathy Tapes, which started out as this low-budget independent project. And then in December, Joe Rogan started spreading the word.

And then the host of Telepathy Tapes, her name is Kai Dickens, got an agent, did an interview with Rogan, and then more interviews, and now she has a documentary in the works. From the car that day, I sent a Slack message to an Atlantic colleague who knows a lot about facilitated communication.

And then the host of Telepathy Tapes, her name is Kai Dickens, got an agent, did an interview with Rogan, and then more interviews, and now she has a documentary in the works. From the car that day, I sent a Slack message to an Atlantic colleague who knows a lot about facilitated communication.

And then the host of Telepathy Tapes, her name is Kai Dickens, got an agent, did an interview with Rogan, and then more interviews, and now she has a documentary in the works. From the car that day, I sent a Slack message to an Atlantic colleague who knows a lot about facilitated communication.

That is Dan Engber, a science writer at The Atlantic.

That is Dan Engber, a science writer at The Atlantic.

That is Dan Engber, a science writer at The Atlantic.