150: Derren Brown | Using the Power of Suggestion for Good
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2019
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Derren Brown (@DerrenBrown) is a mentalist, illusionist, magician, artist, photographer, collector of curiosities, and author.
What We Discuss with Derren Brown:- How did Derren Brown make the transition from law student to career hypnotist?
- How does psychological manipulation and hypnotic suggestion work to make people operate counter to their own desires?
- How does Derren use his own manipulative skills for good?
- How do faith healers and psychics ply their trades so convincingly?
- What are the limits to hypnotic influence?
- And much more...
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger and I'm here with my producer Jason DeFilippo. Man, I'm excited for this one. |
| 0:36.0 | I have been trying to get Darren Brown on this show for over a decade and finally it's happening. |
| 0:45.0 | If you heard Feedback Friday, you know that I went to his house and he's got props from his shows there. |
| 0:51.0 | He's got all these taxidermy animals like two headed snakes and two headed calves and six-legged piglets and his house is just like something about a Sherlock Holmes. |
| 1:00.0 | Antiques everywhere, secret passageways and he is just the coolest guy. I'm trying to throw a fanboy out so much here but I just can't help myself. |
| 1:08.0 | This guy, Darren is a genius. First of all, if you haven't seen any of his work, imagine a magician or illusionist. |
| 1:15.0 | I don't even know what you call him at this point. He convinces people to, in theory murder someone by throwing them off a roof. |
| 1:23.0 | Of course, the guy's harnessed in but you know, convincing people to do that. Convincing people who are racist to jump in front of a bullet for who they think is an illegal immigrant. |
| 1:33.0 | I mean, it's just his mind tricks are insane. Not to mention fake faith healing, hypnosis, all kinds of illusion. |
| 1:43.0 | It's just absolutely. He's one of the most incredible people alive today. I'm not even kidding. I just love what he does. Jason, you're obviously familiar with Darren Brown. |
| 1:51.0 | I am. I was introduced to Darren Brown about seven years ago when we first met and you sent me some of his videos and I've been a fanboy ever since and I am so jealous that I did not get to come to London to meet Darren in person. |
| 2:02.0 | Because I am a huge fan of his work. He's just like he said, he's a genius. His house sounds like everything that I would expect it to be. |
| 2:11.0 | Exactly. Exactly. And today we're talking about house psychological manipulation works hypnotic suggestion. We're talking about all kinds of elements of the show that you just can't get anywhere else. |
| 2:24.0 | There's so much in this episode from house psychic fraud works to how faith healing works to how he comes up with his tricks and his illusions, how he tests the shows and the experiments. |
| 2:35.0 | There's just everything I always wanted to know in this episode and more. So please enjoy. I hope you enjoy this a fraction as much as I love recording it and being able to do it. |
| 2:48.0 | It's just is really incredible. And if you want to know how I get people like this in my network and create connections with people like this. Well, I'm teaching it to you level one. The course is free. It takes a few minutes per day. |
| 2:59.0 | Check it out Jordan Harbinger dot com slash level one. All right. After trying for over 10 years to get him on the show. Here's Darren Brown. |
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