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Banachek

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Search complete. 11 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Banachek".

Nov 2, 2026

Matt BaxterGUEST
43:55
Yeah, exactly.
Matt BaxterGUEST
43:58
And that's, you know, with me showing the Invisidor, it goes along with that Banachek thing of because, you know, they have a bunch of different videos where, you know, people know the comments.
Matt BaxterGUEST
44:09
So they go, oh, this was done by blah, blah, blah.
Matt BaxterGUEST
44:11
So they put out another video to kind of demonstrate it wasn't done that way.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:07
Yeah, number two.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:10
And obviously watching, I'm a huge fan of Banachek, Steve, you know, obviously a master of mentalism, you know, and his story is one for the ages.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:22
I think it is, in history, one of the best stories ever.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:26
For the Alpha Project, you
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:29
Yeah, it's just, it's unbelievable.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:30
You know, it's like fooling the scientists.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:35
And I know you've been on that path with Steve Banachek for a lot of that.
Marc SpelmannGUEST
9:39
So I think your title of Your Excellency would stand even if you hadn't have won that award.
Josh NorbidoHOST
33:38
And someone else is mentioning PK Touch.
Josh NorbidoHOST
33:41
PK Touch is another funny, funny, funny thing too, where like even if you're using the method that doesn't require any gimmicks or any external stuff that Banachek wrote up, like the original one, the idea in your head that like, that person's feeling you touch them when you're 10 feet away, and everyone's like, he never touched you, never touched you.
Josh NorbidoHOST
34:03
But I'm like, you idiots.
Josh NorbidoHOST
34:06
Obviously, I touched you.
Greg GutfeldHOST
39:54
was in the golden age of television.
Greg GutfeldHOST
39:56
Mannix, Banachek, Barnaby Jones, Columbo, McMillan and wife.
Greg GutfeldHOST
40:01
Rockford Files.
Greg GutfeldHOST
40:02
Rockford Files.
Simon WhistlerHOST
18:28
He then set out on a different path, intending to prove that the methodology used by the lab was flawed and susceptible to trickery.
Simon WhistlerHOST
18:34
He did this with the help of two teenage magicians named Michael Edwards and Steve Shaw.
Simon WhistlerHOST
18:39
The latter would ultimately adopt the stage name Banachek and has become one of Randi's most prominent proteges, even serving as the director for Randi's foundation.
Simon WhistlerHOST
18:46
But for now, he and Edwards were just two skilled mentalists who were posing as psychics.
Malorie MackeyHOST
34:59
Yes, definitely.
Malorie MackeyHOST
35:01
And there's also, it's funny because I feel like there's so many people that prove that you can give a really good show like Banachek.
Malorie MackeyHOST
35:09
You were, yes, you watch Banachek's show and you're like, he's saying I'm fooling you.
Malorie MackeyHOST
35:13
I
Rob PalmerGUEST
35:14
think I watched you up there.
Eric YuhaszGUEST
46:05
For certain.
Eric YuhaszGUEST
46:06
It's like, I think I read it years ago in one of Banachek's books.
Eric YuhaszGUEST
46:10
And they're like, you can't be a 17 year old or 14 year old kid saying, yes, when I was traveling through India and I was going through the Taj Mahal and I did this and that.
Eric YuhaszGUEST
46:19
And I'm like, no one's going to freaking believe you.

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