Life Stories: World's Most Fun Psychologist & Magician, Professor Richard Wiseman The Human podcast

Life Stories: World's Most Fun Psychologist & Magician, Professor Richard Wiseman

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Meet the world's most fun psychologist & magician, Professor Richard Wiseman, Britain's only Professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology. He's consulted for top magicians like Derren Brown, published a dozen influential books and over 100 papers, amassed an astonishing 800+ million YouTube views and helped shape the Edinburgh Fringe as a board member.

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🕒 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

0:19 - Richard's many achievements

1:09 - How have you achieved so much?

2:24 - Richard's research journey

4:42 - Parapsychology research

7:02 - Practising magic early on

8:39 - Richard's supportive parents

9:58 - Pursuing psychology instead of magic

13:37 - Magic's psychology lessons

15:28 - Edinburgh Fringe: Working on the board

16:24 - World's funniest joke

18:54 - Apollo moon landing research

21:36 - 'in59seconds' YouTube channel

22:36 - 59 second ideas that will change how you think

24:10 - 'Quirkology' YouTube channel

27:14 - Derren Brown: Helping as a creative consultant

28:42 - Luck research: How to I be lucky?

31:44 - Changing my mind at the last minute

32:53 - Has your career been stressful?

34:02 - Watching no TV

35:31 - Taking no holidays as I love my work

36:45 - How has your research impacted your life?

38:24 - How would your friends and family describe you?

39:37 - CLOSING QU: What is a good life?

👤 PROFESSOR RICHARD WISEMAN:

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wiseman

Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B001IGSOSK?ingress=0&visitId=5aa7397a-318f-4298-9682-707c19bbd4fc&ref_=ap_rdr

Website - https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/

X - https://x.com/RichardWiseman

Quirkology - https://www.youtube.com/user/Quirkology

In59seconds - https://www.youtube.com/@In59seconds

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