Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Verses.

This is the show that pits facts against feeling like you can read someone's thoughts.

Today we are talking about telepathy. And here with me is Science versus Senior Producer Rose Rimmler. Hi, Rose.

Hi, Wendy. So, by telepathy, we mean the concept of beaming thoughts directly into someone

else's brain or being able to read other people's thoughts. Mm-hmm, yes. That's an idea that's been

around for centuries, but it's having a bit of a moment right now, probably because of this very popular podcast called The Telepathy Tapes.

Yes, I am hearing a lot about this podcast. Yes, yes, yes, and telepathy with it.

Yes, it was the top podcast on Spotify earlier this year. It actually knocked Joe Rogan off the number one spot briefly. And it's all about how telepathy is real.

You know, a very clever friend of mine texted me about this show and she thinks telepathy is real now. Exactly. It's very convincing.

Yeah. If you look at the comments, you'll see people saying, this is revolutionary, this is move me to tears, I'm a believer, my life has changed because of this podcast.

And so, you know, I was very curious.

And so I listened to it.

I listened to the whole thing.

Wendy, I know that you haven't listened to it.

No, that's right.

We decided I wouldn't listen.

So hopefully I can stand in for those

of you who also haven't listened. Okay, so let me tell you the premise. The show is about a very

specific group of people. This is people with autism who are very limited in how they communicate

and who require a lot of support. Right, right. And the show says that people in this group are able to communicate telepathically with their

family and with teachers and other people.

And in fact, here is the show's tagline.

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