Palms, Prophecy … and Permits? How Fortunetelling Works in the Bay

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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How the state Supreme Court cleared the way for psychics in California, and how regulation works. Reported by Carly Severn. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julie Caine, Julia McEvoy, Ethan Lindsey and Howard Gelman. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	All right, Carly, I brought a little something for you today.
0:06.0	Like a gift, it is a gift.
0:09.0	We've received two listener questions about fortune-telling, so I thought we would start with this. and
0:15.0	I thought we would start with this. Oh, it's a fortune cookie. I do love these things.
0:18.0	Hang on, I'll open mine.
0:20.0	What's it say? It says, you will find your horizons suddenly broadened. That is kind of relevant.
0:30.0	That is relevant. A perfect setup actually for today's episode.
0:33.7	Now for a lot of us, this fortune cookie is as close as you might come to having your fortune
0:40.2	told.
0:41.2	But for others, psychic services are a part of daily life and those are the folks I spoke
0:46.6	with this week.
0:49.6	Be curious is the podcast where we answer your questions about the Bay Area.
0:55.0	I'm Olivia Alan Price. With me is reporter Carly Severn.
0:58.0	Hello.
0:59.0	Two listeners sent in questions on Fortune Telling. They want to know why is it legal here and how is it regulated?
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1:30.8	You've probably seen advertising for fortune telling or psychic services in the Bay Area.
1:36.0	Maybe it was a neon palm in a storefront window.
1:40.0	Reporter Carly Severn set out to learn how it's all legal.
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