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A Pickpocket's Tale: The Spectacular Thefts of Apollo Robbins
Adam Green
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Adam Green
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This book by Adam Green came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“this is actually the perfect place for me to just read an excerpt profile of you, which was by Adam Green in The New Yorker.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Apollo Robbins: Sleight-of-hand artist, theatrical pickpocket, and attention/deception expert known as 'The Gentleman Thief'; profiled in The New Yorker and a research collaborator with neuroscientists studying attention. Pickpocket Apollo Robbins reveals how attention, misdirection, and deception work, from stealing from the Secret Service to crafting belief.
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