Podcast Episodes featuring Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette on the State of Magic + News about F1 in Las Vegas and Robert Blake

Adam Carolla Show - March 13, 2023 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35.8K ratings
Penn Jillette sits down with Adam at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club in Las Vegas. They talk about the history of Las Vegas entertainment, the current state of magic, and the upright bass. Plus, Penn shares some stories about his history of performing as a juggler and what it’s like to hang out with T...

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Penn Jillette – Magic, Tricks, and Us

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - January 19, 2021 04:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratings
When we see a magic trick, is the magician fooling us, or are we fooling ourselves? Penn Jillette, the talking half of the magic team Penn and Teller, tells Alan how tricks are a test of how we process reality. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid

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E017-Interview with Penn Jillette

Science and Saucery - February 11, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 118 ratings
It's a marathon interview with Penn Jillette and we'll explore some areas of his weight loss and other adventures we haven't discussed elsewhere. We're excited to bring you this promiscuous Penn's Sunday School & Science and Saucery podcast!

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Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone Ep 50: Coupling with Penn Jillette!

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone - June 24, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings
Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone is a comedy field guide to life, or at least a set of IKEA assembly instructions. Where else can you find advice on topics from "How To Keep a Friend" to "How To Translate Your Verizon Bill?" Or even "What do I do if I encounter a Bear" and "Should I Get a Penis...

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Doing It Wright with Andrew and Allen - October 15, 2018 23:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This week's guest was Gabe Beasley! This week we talked about band names, hurricane michael, and our preferred drug.

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GT 001 - Hot Penn Jillette Riffs

Ballin' Out Super - June 06, 2018 16:46 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 147 ratings
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You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - January 10, 2018 16:18 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 8.1K ratings
Penn Jillette (magician! Penn's Sunday School podcast!) makes it weird!

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Ep. #434: Al Franken, Penn Jillette

Real Time with Bill Maher - August 19, 2017 03:35 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 14.5K ratings
Bill’s guests are Al Franken, Penn Jillette, Gavin Newsom, and Amy Holmes. (Originally aired 8/18/17) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Penn Jillette: Fool Us Once

Ask Me Another - August 18, 2017 14:14 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.9K ratings
Ask Me Another is in Phoenix, Arizona with Penn Jillette! He pulls back the curtain on his distaste for magic and his working relationship with Teller. This episode originally aired on April 28, 2017.

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Penn Jillette: Fool Us Once

Ask Me Another - August 18, 2017 14:14 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.9K ratings
Ask Me Another is in Phoenix, Arizona with Penn Jillette! He pulls back the curtain on his distaste for magic and his working relationship with Teller. This episode originally aired on April 28, 2017.

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Penn Jillette in conversation with Matt Donnelly

Live Talks Los Angeles - August 02, 2017 21:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Penn Jillette in conversation with Matt Donnelly at Live Talks Los Angeles, Aug. 11, 2016, discussing his book, "Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales." For more info on Live Talks LA -- upcoming events, videos and podcasts -- visit www.livetalksla.org

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"The Invisible World" with Penn Jillette, Justin Schmidt, and Ted Ramirez

Live Wire with Luke Burbank - October 04, 2016 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 295 ratings
Live Wire goes to Phoenix, where Luke attempts to eat the hottest pepper in the world, entomologist Justin Schmidt tells us what getting stung by thousands of insects has taught him about pain, magician Penn Jillette describes the startling benefits of eating only potatoes, and Tucson’s...

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#40 Penn Jillette

How To Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black - September 14, 2016 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
Legendary magician and raconteur Penn Jillette has a keen eye for calling out the bullshit around him, but it took a dangerous health scare for him to realize his own eating habits were going to kill him if he didn’t make drastic changes to his diet.  In this episode he and Michael disc...

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81. The Return of Penn Jillette

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - December 14, 2015 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings
Gilbert and Frank welcome back an old friend, illusionist, filmmaker and comedian Penn Jillette, who holds court on a host of offbeat topics ranging from strippers' tricks of the trade to Dennis Miller to the Three Stooges to summoning the spirit of Bela Lugosi. Also, Penn debunks "cold readings,...

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A Conversation with Penn Jillette

TheThinkingAtheist - September 01, 2015 23:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
Support our sponsor:  http://www.naturebox.com/thinkingatheist Penn Jillette is half of the hugely popular duo, "Penn & Teller."  Over the decades, he's done appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Letterman, The Simpsons, The West Wing, Babylon 5, Fear Factor and a host of other s...

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Penn Jillette's Marathon Life in Magic

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - August 18, 2015 04:00 - ★★★★ - 7.8K ratings
At 6'6" tall, Penn Jillette is a huge character. He's got a huge frame, a huge personality, and huge appetites. It's a trait that has occasionally gotten him into trouble; he weighed, until a recent diet change, more than 350 pounds. But his gregarious energy mostly expands to fill every moment ...

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AB 005: Making Magic On Stage And In Business With Penn Jillette Of Penn & Teller

All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett - March 19, 2015 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratings
The taller, more vocal half of the celebrated magical act “Penn & Teller” pulls back the curtain on his career, his work ethic, his partnership with Teller and his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, and libertarianism. He tells Jeffrey Hayzlett on All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett why a...

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10. Penn Jillette

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - August 03, 2014 23:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings
Gilbert and Frank return to the famed New York Friars Club to sit down with Gilbert's old pal, magician-illusionist-comedian-provocateur Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame. In an amusing (and highly informative) hour, Penn shares some fond memories of Johnny Carson, George Carlin and Jerry Lewis...

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Skepticality #196 - Jill-Jet: And The Magical Tale of Penn - Interview: Penn Jillette

Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - November 27, 2012 22:28 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratings
This week Derek spends some time with Penn Jillette discussing his journey into magic, his past with James Randi, where we might see Penn and Teller next, and his latest book, 'Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!'

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Guest: Atheist magician Penn Jillette

Freethought Radio - October 03, 2011 12:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 524 ratings
If you had a choice, would you choose jail or church. We'll talk about FFRF's latest legal complaint. Then we'll talk with Penn Jillete, the well-known Las Vegas entertainer and magician is also a well-known atheist. He'll discuss his new book God No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist.