Magical Skepticism

This week, the duo reminisces about their first Amazon purchases, how neighbours are spying on each other, how hard drive prices are going down (bigly surprise), and what happens when Google thinks your phone number is Facebook tech support. Then, Angelo gets to talk about a topic that is near and dear to his heart: magicians and skepticism. Learn about how Houdini debunked early spiritualists, and how his work has continued today with James Randi, among others.

• Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox
• Why Are Montréal Staircases on the Outside? – À nous Montréal
• Google Thought My Phone Number Was Facebook’s and It Ruined My Life - VICE
• 512GB SSDs' Price-per-GB Estimated to Fall Below US$0.1 and Hit an All-time Low This Year End, Says TrendForce
• Houdini's Skeptical Advice: Just Because Something's Unexplained Doesn't Mean It's Supernatural - Scientific American
• Arthur Ford hoax - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com
• Why Magicians Are a Scientist's Best Friend | WIRED
• Meet the King of the Internet Skeptics - VICE
• Project Alpha - Wikipedia
• Chris Ramsay - YouTube
• Xavior Spade - YouTube