brian brushwood

In this episode, we sit down with famed stage magician and infamous instructor of the school of scams, Brian Brushwood, whose new podcast explores the world's greatest con artists and con jobs from World War II to modern game shows.

We cover everything in this episode from why you can't con an honest person to the power of shame and fame to folk psychology to how the British conned Hitler using one of the oldest tricks in the book to how one man broke the code for Press Your Luck earning him the most money ever awarded in a single day on any program in the history of game shows.

• The World's Greatest Con: https://worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm/
• Brian Brushwood's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shwood
• Brain's Website: http://shwood.com
• How Minds Change: www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome
• Show Notes: www.youarenotsosmart.com
• Newsletter: https://davidmcraney.substack.com
• David McRaney’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidmcraney
• YANSS Twitter: https://twitter.com/notsmartblog

As we welcome 2023, I’m offering up some of my favorite Where I’m From moments from 2022, gratis. Tune in for some delicious free samples from our first season including Stephen Tobolowsky, Kelly Vrooman, Paul Zaloom, Brian Brushwood, Ashley Verma, Jason Inmon, and more! It’s the Where I’m From Season 1 Sampler Platter, and you can totally take more than one...

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Ali Spagnola
00:05:52 Kelly Vrooman
00:13:03 Stephen Page
00:19:57 Ashley Verma
00:28:34 Jason Inmon
00:35:34 Stephen Tobolowsky
00:44:51 Strean Studio Ad Read
00:46:34 Kelly Rands/Santa Claus
00:56:26 Faith Benson Gun.io
01:03:25 Stephen Carroll
01:09:27 Paul Zaloom
01:13:10 Brian Brushwood
01:18:41 Rebecca Johnson 
01:26:34 Outro 

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EPISODE TIMELINE:  

Episode Intro: 0:00

Cold Open: 1:03

[song] He Didn't Even Leave A Note: 7:31

Main Title: 12:23

See The Blood Flow Lead-In:  13:02

[song] See The Blood Flow: 21:20

 The Damage That I Do Lead-In: 25:10

[song] The Damage That I Do:  28:59

Don't You Fear Pain Lead-In: 32:32

[song] Don't You Fear Pain: 36:01

The Sound Lead-In: 40:33

[song] The Sound:  44:14

Episode Summation: 47:32

END:   48:43

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