Episode 3 – BSPsychic: A Fortune-ate Experience




BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast show

Summary: In this episode, Chris and Cody visit a real life psychic. They share their experiences from beginning to end, including the psychic’s profession of angels, and more importantly, her amazing wallflower bench. Going into the episode, both Chris and Cody were skeptics, but by the end, one of them might have been converted to a believer. The episode also discusses the history of psychics and typical techniques scammers use. BS Weekly segment will provide a story in which a terminally ill man requests to be contacted after his death. Today’s drinks of choice: Prophecy-Red Blend; Stark Raving-Cabernet.<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bsp-the-idio-t-synchrasy-files/id1271588099" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Idyya5igdpxb6ahq7jk367nvtze?t%3DBSP:_The_Idio%255Bt%255Dsynchrasy_Files%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="https://www.blubrry.com/bsp_the_idiotsynchrasy_files/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br> <br> Advisory Warning: 0-13s<br> Intro Music: 13-27s<br> Podcast Intro: 27-52s<br> This Week’s Topic: 52-4:00m<br> Alcohol Reveal: 4:00-5:50m<br> History: 5:50-8:21m<br> Statistics: 8:21-9:44m<br> Reddit Story: 9:44-11:15m<br> Chris’s Experience: 11:15-26:00m<br> What makes a scammer: 26:00-35:26m<br> Cody’s Experience: 35:26-48:10m<br> BS Weekly: 48:10-49:23m<br> Thanks and Signoff: 49:23-51:37m<br> Exit Music: 51:37-52:02m<br> <br> Music: “I Have Heard of a Place” by The Astrometrics<br> <br> Links<br> <br> History/Stats: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic</a><br> Personality Tests: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect</a><br> Scamming Tricks:  <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/culture/7-tricks-psychics-and-mediums-use-how-psychics-use-cold-reading-the-forer-effect">https://www.thrillist.com/culture/7-tricks-psychics-and-mediums-use-how-psychics-use-cold-reading-the-forer-effect</a><br> Keith Barry, TED Talk:  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GigYWy2UmOY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GigYWy2UmOY</a><br> BS Weekly:  <a href="https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/dead-man-asks-for-psychics-to-contact-him">https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/dead-man-asks-for-psychics-to-contact-him</a>