# 297 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood (rebroadcast)

An episode of [You Are Not So Smart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/521594713), 30 Sep 2024, 1 h 10 min.

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Brian Brushwood tells us how he put together the most recent season of The World's Greatest Con, his podcast about incredible scams and over the top chicanery. This season is all about how two teenagers pulled off an incredible hoax called Project Alpha, a con job and a publicity stunt meant to improve scientific rigor and methodology when it comes to studying the possibility of the existence of psychic phenomena. Brian's Website Brian's Twitter The World's Greatest Con New Yorker Article about Spiritualism How Minds Change David McRaney’s Twitter YANSS Twitter Show Notes Newsletter Patreon Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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