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magicians Joshua Jay: Six Impossible Things is a different kind of magic show Ferdinando Buscema

rip The great Ricky Jay was the magician’s magician Ferdinando Buscema

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card tricks Short film about an incredible 19-year-old card magician, Franco Pascali Mark Frauenfelder

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psychology What magicians, con-artists, and scammers can teach us about humility and humanity David McRaney

john waters John Waters gives an in-quarantine, green-screened commencement speech Rusty Blazenhoff

gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema

Health Care Healthcare choice in America is a scam, according to the people who came up with it Thom Dunn

podcasts "Obscure" podcasts worth checking out Rusty Blazenhoff

los angeles Los Angeles: Bring your kids to these two family-friendly installments of Boobietrap Jason Weisberger

computer science AI is like a magic trick: amazing until it goes wrong, then revealed as a cheap and brittle effect Cory Doctorow

tennessee Tennessee lawmaker defends operating an unregistered "Christian magic supply" business Cory Doctorow

sausage Delightful vintage toy shows how the sausage gets made Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Magic for Liars: Sarah Gailey's debut is a brilliant whodunnit in the vein of The Magicians Cory Doctorow

magic This is some real Rubik's Cube magic David Pescovitz

authors Author Peter Bebergal discusses his latest book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural Gareth Branwyn

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn