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on the cover

James Randi is a conjurer and an escape artist. Like his predecessor, the famous Harry Houdini (the guy on the cover in the green circle), he is also an investigator of paranormal claims. Many people claiming supernatural powers use techniques that are simular to magic routines. When Randi points this out he is often challenged to duplicate what they do live on camera. In this issue of Junior Skeptic, James Randi thinks his way out of a jam when a hostile TV producer ruins his performance.

introduction

Magician James “The Amazing” Randi is often asked to reproduce apparently “psychic” miracles using the tricks of stage magic. Here he reveals how he fooled famous TV interviewer Barbara Walters.

in this issue

James Randi: How TV Promotes Susperstition

• What TV won’t show you and why it can’t
• Mind Reading With Barbara Walters
• “If that’s true, what else would be true?”
• If people could really “remote view”…
• Telekinesis — If people could really bend metal or move objects with their minds…
• If people could really read minds…

contributors

John Coulter, Bob Friedhoffer, Michael Gilmore, Pat Linse, Dr. Michael Shermer, and James Randi