Peter Popoff
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Oct 15, 2026
KateGUEST
Yes
Kyle BauerHOST
... for televangelist spam mail from Peter Popoff.
KateGUEST
Peter Popoff, yes.
KateGUEST
I-
Kyle BauerHOST
Under the alias-
KateGUEST
I totally forgot about that.
KateGUEST
Yes, I went through this phase- When I lived in New York, I think it was pre Barstool, I, but I couldn't sleep at night and I...
KateGUEST
That would- Peter Popoff would be on, and he's one of those, like, right out of Righteous Gemstones kind of guys.
Einar BlackthornHOST
And on shaky feet, the woman rose.
Einar BlackthornHOST
Popov said aloud to his congregation, You don't need this cane! And he threw it across the room, and he asked the ancient crone again, Do you wish to be healed? Do you wish to be saved? And before this woman could so much as nod, Popoff palm-fisted this old woman in the forehead, laying her out.
Einar BlackthornHOST
And weirdly enough, not a single person was shocked that they'd just witnessed elder
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abuse.
Simon WhistlerHOST
They could not replicate the results, and the journal dismissed the original article, with Benveniste portraying himself as the victim of a witch hunt.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Another of Randi's biggest targets was Peter Popoff, one of America's most popular televangelists during the 1980s, who made a fortune from acts of faith healing.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Popoff would often call out attendees, saying their names and their illnesses in front of a stunned audience.
Simon WhistlerHOST
This was information he claimed to have received divinely, but Randi showed that it was simply fed to him by his wife through a hidden earpiece.
James T. HarrisHOST
Mm-hmm.
AaronHOST
So yeah, Peter Popoff, uh, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker-
James T. HarrisHOST
Right
AaronHOST
...
James T. HarrisHOST
John Hagee the s- [laughs]
AaronHOST
... was her, was her favorite.
AaronHOST
Um, but you know, we could use Peter Popoff now.
AaronHOST
He could lay hands, like, "Be healed."
Gabriel HughesHOST
Because of some spoof video that was made about him.
Gabriel HughesHOST
Who was that guy? Tilton? Was it Robert Tilton? I get him and Peter Popoff confused.
Gabriel HughesHOST
I think it was Tilton.
Gabriel HughesHOST
So Tilton had this show.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Matching exact pages? Word for word.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
And Peter Popoff, the televangelist, exposed in 1987 via a hidden earpiece, replayed on Johnny Carson.
CornHOST
That's the fraud category, which is its own thing.
CornHOST
But the more interesting category is the rejection that produces a schism.