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Becca Kramer

Becca Cramer, a former nuclear engineer turned writer and independent researcher, known for investigating The Telepathy Tapes as a skeptic-turned-advocate on the Talk Tracks podcast.

Sep 10, 2026

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And I guess to start, do telepathy and spelling go hand in hand, or are they different things that can exist separately? I
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think it's prudent to separate them.
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So I was arguing the other day on the phone.
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We were having a lively professional discussion with one of the leading researchers that's anti-spelling.
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And we're talking and the conversation basically gets down to, you know, thinking they're being cued.
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And I'm arguing that they're not being cued to be cued in that way.
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That's impossible.

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things along the way? I'm going to tell you a story about a horse.
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Okay, great.
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This famous horse from 1904.
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His name is Clever Hans.
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And Clever Hans was discovered to be an intelligent horse who could also read people's minds.
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People would travel from all over the world to meet Clever Hans and ask him, how old am I? Or what year was I born? Or mathematical questions, truth or false questions.

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S2E38: From Skeptic to Advocate: Becca Cramer Returns | Talk Tracks

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And I guess to start, do telepathy and spelling go hand in hand, or are they different things that can exist separately?
7:01
I think it's prudent to separate them.
7:04
And so I was arguing the other day on the phone, or having a lively professional discussion with one of the leading researchers that's anti-spelling.
7:14
And we're talking, and the conversation basically gets down to, you know, thinking they're being cued, and I'm arguing that they're not being cued.
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To be cued in that way, that's impossible.
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And it gets down to, I think, telepathy is more likely than this cueing theory that's been established.
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But then in that moment, I have this light bulb of, "Oh my gosh, it doesn't matter." You don't have to say, "Yes, telepathy is happening" in order for com- for the communication to be valid.

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Katherine EllisCORRESPONDENT
5:13
I think your first email was like, "I listened to The Telepathy Tapes, and I couldn't stop thinking that I need to prove it wrong." [laughs]
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I was feeling really inspired by the tapes, and I remember thinking, "How has this not been, like, on CNN?" Like, we've proven fricking telepathy, [laughs] people.
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How is this not just what everyone's talking about? It's all I could to talk about.
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I mean, I was recommending the podcast to everyone.
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Like, this is the most clear-cut, you know, captured footage of any kind of psi phenomena that I'd ever heard of.
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So, so, um, interested.
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So when I, I hadn't seen it.
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Okay, great.
Katherine EllisHOST
3:56
I think your first email was like, "I listened to The Telepathy Tapes, and I couldn't stop thinking that I need to prove it wrong." [laughs]
4:03
I was feeling really inspired by the tapes, and I remember thinking, "How has this not been, like, on CNN?" Like, we've proven fricking telepathy, [laughs] people.
4:14
How is this not just what everyone's talking about? It's all I could to talk about.
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I mean, I was recommending the podcast to everyone.
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Like, this is the most clear-cut, you know, captured footage of any kind of psi phenomena that I'd ever heard of.
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So, so, um, interested.
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So when I, I hadn't seen it, I just hadn't really thought much about it, and then I saw that it had been, you know, widely debunked by specialists and was just shocked.
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Okay, great.

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