Hypothetical Weasel: Penn Jillette and Piff the Magic Dragon

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 793 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Penn Jillette is an American magician, author, and performer best known as one half of the magic duo Penn & Teller, a Las Vegas headliner and television personality. He is also an advocate for atheism and scientific skepticism, a former libertarian who disavowed the political stance, and the author of several books, including God, No!. Jillette is recognized for his intellectual approach to magic, emphasizing honesty and scientific principles within the performance.

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0:49.2	The amazing thing would be if amazing things didn't happen. There's so many pieces of data that there's going to be coincidences all the time.
1:25.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, no matter how rational they might think
1:28.1	they are, harbors just a little bit of bat shit in them, and that that is no bad thing.
1:33.9	My name is Dan Schreiber. I am coming to you today from my home at Rothway by C in Mystic
1:38.9	Marg's, and my job in every episode is to try and get my guest to reveal those little bits of bat shit for all of
1:46.2	you listeners to hear. So today, super excited because one of my heroes is joining us on the show. This is
1:51.9	someone who I've been following since I was a kid. I watched their movie. I've read their books.
1:56.9	I'd seen their TV shows. They are part of one of the greatest double acts of all time.
2:01.0	It is Penn Gillette of Penn and Teller. It's so interesting. It was only through getting ready for
2:06.3	this show that I realized how much of an influence Penn has had on my life. I've read, as I said,
2:11.0	all of his books, well, certainly his nonfiction books. And as I was revisiting them ahead of the
2:15.6	interview, I realized quite a few things have made their way into my professional life.
2:21.0	I've used facts from his books on no such thing as a fish.
2:23.7	Like there was a great thing that he said that when he was at clown school, you get taught that you don't paint the top lip of a clown's face to be part of the mouth.
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