Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2023-10-19
Books mentioned on #699: Apollo Robbins, The World’s Most Famous Pickpocket — Pickpocketing the Secret Service, Manipulating Attention, Famous Con Artists, The Psychology of Deception, Self-Defense Techniques, The Secret Language of Thieves, and More
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Apollo Robbins discussed Magic by Misdirection by Dariel Fitzkee, The Trick Brain by Dariel Fitzkee, Showmanship for Magicians by Dariel Fitzkee, The Illusion Of Life by Frank Thomas and others, The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher and Simons and others, Deception in the Digital Age by Cameron H. Malin and others, Modern Coin Magic by J B Bobo, The Big Con by David Maurer and others, and The American Confidence Man by David W. Maurer. Tim Ferriss discussed Whiz Mob by David W. Maurer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Magic by Misdirection
Discussed“And so I picked up one of the books, and it's called Magic by Misdirection on the psychology of magic.”
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The Trick Brain
Discussed“And he says, 'Well, he wrote two other books, The Trick Brain and Showmanship for Magicians.'”
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Showmanship for Magicians
Discussed“And he says, 'Well, he wrote two other books, The Trick Brain and Showmanship for Magicians.'”
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The Illusion Of Life
Discussed“Animation, there was a great book called The Illusion of Life by Disney's — what do you call them?”
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The Invisible Gorilla
Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons's book examines the limits of human perception and attention through classic psychological experiments.
Discussed“Dan Simons and Chris Chabris was his partner. They did a book called Invisible Gorilla where you watch a basketball being passed”
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Deception in the Digital Age
Discussed“A friend of mine wrote a book called Deception in the Digital Age, and he was with the FBI. His name is Cameron Malin.”
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The Big Con
The Big Con by David Maurer is a classic sociological and historical study detailing the techniques, language, and culture of confidence men and professional grifters.
Discussed“He wrote two books. He wrote The American Confidence Man, which later became Big Con.”
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The American Confidence Man
Discussed“He wrote two books. He wrote The American Confidence Man, which later became Big Con.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The Art of Deception. Yeah.”