Penn Jillette

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2,353 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 14 Jan

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Penn Jillette | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 14 Jan 2026 podcast

That's a wonderful feeling, right?

So when you first start out in magic, you're saying like, oh, I was fooled by that.

I have no idea how that was done.

Then you want to dig in there.

And you keep chasing that first high, right?

Because the more you learn about magic, the harder it is to get that feeling.

But that feeling...

of not knowing something and then having the revelation is just a wonderful feeling.

Unfortunately for me, it often goes away.

Someone explains a physics thing to me and I go, got it, and they walk away and I go, got away.

Yeah.

You know, I would talk about all the time.

People would say, I believe in tarot or I believe in these things.

I would say, you know, it's not true.

And they would say, well, what harm is it doing?

And I think we're seeing the kind of harm it's doing.

And there's another way to look at it that's,

If I say to you, I believe this, but I can't share with you why, it is an isolating thing.

And if I say to you, I believe this, and here's why, and we share those facts, and we discuss it, even if we disagree, if we're able to work in a world that we share, it's a beautiful, loving thing.

And...

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