Ranked #1

16: Scam School with Brian Brushwood
Brian Brushwood is the ultimate drinking buddy. A king of bar magic, propositional wagers and short cons. Since 2008, Br... Read more
26 Oct 2015
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41mins
Ranked #2

41: Fake News with Toby Halligan
We are living in a golden age of bullshit. Nowhere is this more evident than in the media where fake news is now almost ... Read more
14 Mar 2017
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54mins
Ranked #3

12: The Magic Castle with Rob Zabrecky
Rob Zabrecky was once the leader singer of indie rock band Possum Dixon. Now he’s a magician on the board of trustees of... Read more
28 Sep 2015
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38mins
Ranked #4

17: The Cottingley Fairies with Sarah Baggs
The Cottingley Fairies were the talk of the early 20th century. A pair of girls, Elsie and Francis, took five photos tha... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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41mins
Ranked #5

43: OzLockCon and Lockpicking with Topaz.
OzLockCon is Australia’s first conference dedicated to locksport and physical security. From the amateur lockpicker to t... Read more
30 May 2017
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32mins
Ranked #6

34: The Gentle Grafter with Tosh Greenslade
Do you remember that story about the man who sold his fob watch to buy his wife a comb while she sold her hair to buy hi... Read more
26 Sep 2016
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19mins
Ranked #7

40: Paper Moon with Sarah Baggs
🎶It's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea.🎶 And this week's episode is only pop culture queen Sarah Baggs... Read more
16 Jan 2017
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #8

35: Now You Seem Mean 2 with Nick Mason
Nick Mason, from the Weekly Planet Podcast, returns to help Nicholas deal with complex feelings about the 2016 film Now ... Read more
5 Oct 2016
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #9

23: The Great Moon Hoax with Matthew Goodman
On 25 August 1835, The Sun newspaper in New York reported that a telescope had been invented so powerful that it could s... Read more
14 Dec 2015
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42mins
Ranked #10

20: Sucker with Lawrence Leung
Based on his award winning one man show, Sucker is the new feature film from comedian Lawrence Leung. Starring John Luc ... Read more
23 Nov 2015
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50mins
Ranked #11

19: Sleights of Mind with Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde
The phrase neuromagic sounds like an obscure genre of cyberpunk fantasy novels. In reality, it is the study of the neuro... Read more
15 Nov 2015
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36mins
Ranked #12

38: I Love Phillip Morris Vs FOCUS with Martin Dunlop
There are no two con artists films less alike than I Love You Phillip Morris and FOCUS. One is a true story, the other ... Read more
15 Dec 2016
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1hr 38mins
Ranked #13

13: The Man Who Lost Himself with Robyn Annear
The Tichborne Claimant was either a 19th century lord, long thought missing at sea or a butcher from Wagga spinning an e... Read more
5 Oct 2015
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46mins
Ranked #14

42: The Gullibility Test with Alessa Teunisse
Why, given the constant need for people to measure everything from their personalities to their intellect, is there no t... Read more
20 Apr 2017
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39mins
Ranked #15

21: The Sting with Matthew Specktor
The Sting is the king of con artist movies and the godfather of every twist happy heist movie from Ocean’s 11 to Matchst... Read more
30 Nov 2015
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37mins
Ranked #16

22: Piff The Magic Dragon with John Van Der Put {Explicit}
Piff The Magic Dragon isn’t your usual magician. He plays Las Vegas and wows judges on TV shows like America’s Got Talen... Read more
7 Dec 2015
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31mins
Ranked #17

14: Snipe Hunt with Laura Davis
The snipe hunt is a grand and nobel tradition. Jerks the world over from trades to the armed forces have sent apprentice... Read more
12 Oct 2015
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32mins
Ranked #18

37: Charles Dawson at The Labrastory (LIVE)
The Laborastory is a science storytelling event in Melbourne that comes to tell the stories of science – the heroes, the... Read more
28 Nov 2016
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22mins
Ranked #19

18: Keeping The Bastards Dishonest with Dee Madigan
Dee Madigan is an advertising creative and political campaigner who spends her days selling politicians to the public an... Read more
9 Nov 2015
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36mins
Ranked #20

39: The Annals of Gullibility with Stephen Greenspan
Stephen Greenspan has dedicated a large part of his career to explaining why people act gullibly. As a psychologist and ... Read more
9 Jan 2017
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37mins