16. Joshua Jay: “Humans Are So, So Easy to Fool.”
About this episode
Steve Levitt talks to magician Joshua Jay about the art of magic and its implications.
He’s a world-renowned magician who’s been performing since he was seven years old. But Joshua Jay is also an author, toy maker, and consultant for film and television. Steve Levitt talks to him about how magicians construct tricks, how Joshua’s academic studies of magic have influenced Levitt’s life, and whether Jesus might have been a magician. This episode originally aired on February 19th, 2021.
Topics covered
- magic
- deception
- performance
- psychology
- entertainment
Keywords
- magician
- tricks
- psychology
- entertainment
- deception
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