{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/65b4d3a7d6f4640017d8ae75?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Derren Brown: The Power of Magic, Shoplifting, and Having a Favourite Spatula","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776890835685-7e95dc62-c835-4d25-8726-61fcb6e80c51.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Derren Brown has spent his career making the impossible seem plausible, and the plausible seem impossible — and has strong feelings about a particular spatula, which is somehow equally interesting.</p><p>Derren Brown is a master illusionist, mentalist, and bestselling author renowned for performances that blur the line between magic, psychology, and human perception, and for a career spent pushing the boundaries of what audiences think they know about their own minds.</p><ul><li>What a career built on the gap between what people believe and what's actually happening has taught him</li><li>The craft of magic — and why suggestion and storytelling often matter more than technique</li><li>A youthful shoplifting confession at Harrods — and how he frames it now</li><li>Why the unreliability of memory is one of the most fascinating and unsettling things about being human</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Derren here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/derrenbrown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DerrenBrown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialDerrenBrown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}