Information On James Randi

| birth_place Toronto Ontario Canada | death_date | death_place | occupation Magician, writer, skeptic | salary | networth | spouse | website http://www.randi.org www.randi.org] }} James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge August 7, 1928)lt;/ref> is a Canadian American magician (illusion) and scientific skepticism lt;ref name"nyt 1988-07-27">lt;/ref>lt;/ref> best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician, as The Amazing Randi but when he retired at age 60, he switched to investigating paranormal, occult and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo."lt;/ref> Although often referred to as a "debunker , Randi rejects that title owing to its perceived bias, instead describing himself as an "investigator".http://affect.media.mit.edu/milliondollarchallenge/ One-Million-Dollar Challenge] from MIT Media Lab: Affective Computing Group He has written about the paranormal, skepticism and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on [[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]and is occasionally featured on the television program [[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]] The JREF sponsors James Randi Educational Foundation#The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of United States dollars ,000,000 to anyone who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal supernatural or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties.lt;/ref>

Early life

Randi was born in Toronto Ontario Canada and has a younger brother and sister.lt;/ref> He took up magic (illusion) after reading magic books while spending 13 months in a Orthopedic cast due to a bicycle accident.lt;/ref> He confounded doctors who expected he would never walk again. He dropped out of high school at 17 to perform as a conjurer in a carnival roadshow.lt;/ref> In his thirties, Randi worked in Philippine night clubs lt;/ref> He witnessed many tricks that were presented as being supernatural. One of his earliest reported experiences is that of seeing an evangelist using the "billet reading lt;/ref> routine to convince churchgoers of his divinity powers.lt;/ref>

Career

Magician

File:RandiFork.jpg Randi worked as a professional stage magician (illusion) or "conjurer", as he prefers the profession to be called,Randi explained in a February 2007 presentation that he believes the word "magician" implies one who has actual magical abilities, whereas a conjurer is one who uses skills to merely play the part of one. http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html "James Randis fiery takedown of psychic fraud"] TED; Accessed April 24, 2010. and escapologist beginning in 1946, initially under his birth name, Randall Zwinge, and then as The Amazing Randi. Early in his career, Randi was part of numerous stunts involving his escape from jail cells and safes. On February 7, 1956, he appeared live on [[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]] remaining in a sealed metal coffin submerged in a hotel swimming pool for 104 minutes, breaking what was said to be Houdini s record of 93 minutes.Gordon Sinclair "Television & radio column", [[Toronto Star]] February 7, 1956.Bryant, George, "Handcuffs no problem Toronto-born magician laughs at locksmiths", [[Toronto Star]] June 21, 1956. Randi was the host of The Amazing Randi Showon New York radio station WOR (AM) in the mid-1960s.lt;/ref> He also hosted numerous television specials and went on several world tours. Then Randi appeared as "The Amazing Randi" on a television show titled [[Wonderama]]from 1967 to 1972"Sonny Fox hosted another Wonderama Thanksgiving Day Party on Thursday afternoon, November 23, 1961, with guests ventriloquist and cartoon voiceover performer Paul Winchell, magician/escape artist and magic historian The Amazing James Randi and folk singer Pat Woodell." http://www.randi.org/tam3/] and as host of a failed revival of the 1950s childrens show [[The Magic Clown]]in 1970.lt;/ref> In the February 2, 1974, issue of Abracadabra(a British conjuring magazine), Randi defined the magic community, saying, "I know of no calling which depends so much upon mutual trust and faith as does ours." In the December 2003 issue of The Linking Ring the monthly publication of The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Points to Ponder: Another Matter of Ethics,p. 97, it is stated, "Perhaps Randis ethics are what make him Amazing" and "The Amazing Randi not only talks the talk, he walks the walk." During Alice Cooper s 1973-1974 tour, Randi performed as the dentist and executioner on stage."Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper " Live 1973 (DVD 2005), "Billion Dollar Babies Tour" Also, Randi had designed and built several of the stage props, including the guillotine (magic trick) lt;/ref>lt;/ref> Shortly after, in February 1975, Randi escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside-down over Niagara Falls in the winter on the Canadian TV program World of Wizardslt;/ref> Around 1961, Randi was sent a contract for a tour in Florida http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/276-a-delayed-expression-of-delight.html His friends in New York mentioned to him that he would certainly be working before audiences segregated by race, so before he signed the agreement, he wrote in a clause specifying that the promoters could not deny tickets to blacks or segregate the audiences in any way. Upon arriving on scene, he found that the concert promoter had ignored this stipulation in his contract. He discovered that blacks were forced to watch the show from the balcony and he immediately walked away from the tour. Appealing to the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA), he was paid in full for the balance of the tour. Randi was once accused of actually using "psychic powers" to perform acts such as spoon bending James Alcock relates this incident, which occurred at a meeting where Randi was duplicating the performances of Uri Geller A professor from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York shouted out that Randi was a fraud. Randi said, "Yes indeed, Im a trickster, Im a cheat, Im a charlatan, thats what I do for a living. Everything Ive done here was by trickery." The professor shouted back: "Thats not what I mean. Youre a fraud because youre pretending to do these things through trickery, but youre actually using psychic powers and misleading us by not admitting it."lt;/ref> The famous author and believer in spiritualism Arthur Conan Doyle had years earlier made a similar accusation against the magician Harry Houdini Arthur Conan Doyle (1930) The Edge of the Unknown Putnams A similar event involved Senator Claiborne Pell Pell believed in psychic phenomena. When Randi demonstrated viewing a hidden drawing by using trickery, Pell refused to believe that it was a trick, saying "I think Randi may be a psychic and doesnt realize it."Martin Gardner Did Adam and Eve have Navels 2000, Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-04963-3, p. 178

Author

Randi is author of [[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]](1992), a biographical history of noted magicians. The book is subtitled: Being a Definitive History of the Venerable Arts of Sorcery, Prestidigitation, Wizardry, Deception, & Chicanery and of the Mountebanks & Scoundrels Who have Perpetrated these Subterfuges on a Bewildered Public, in short, MAGIC! The book selects the most influential magicians and explains their history in the context of strange deaths and careers on the road. This work expanded on the 1976 book Houdini, His Life and Art co-authored with Bert Randolph Sugar, which focused on Houdini and his cohorts. Randi also wrote a childrens book in 1989 titled The Magic World of the Amazing Randi which introduced children to magic tricks. In addition to his magic books, he has written several educational works about the paranormal and pseudoscientific. These include biographies of Uri Geller and Nostradamus as well as reference material on other major paranormal figures. He is currently working on A Magician in the Laboratory which recounts his application of skepticism to science.http://www.randi.org/documents/randiresume.pdf Randis resume from Randi.org] He is a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov s fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers Asimov 1994, I. Asimov chapter "120. The Trap Door Spiders".

Skeptic

Image:Thetruthuri.jpg (1982)]] Randi entered the international spotlight in 1972 when he publicly challenged the claims of Uri Geller Randi accused Geller of being nothing more than a charlatan and a fraud who used standard magic tricks to accomplish his allegedly paranormal feats, and he supported his claims in the book [[The Truth About Uri Geller]]lt;/ref> Geller unsuccessfully sued Randi for $15 million in 1991.lt;/ref> Gellers suit against Committee for Skeptical Inquiry was thrown out in 1995, and he was ordered to pay $120,000 for filing a frivolous lawsuit.lt;/ref> Randi was a founding fellow and prominent member of CSICOP.Michael Kernan, "Gods Chariot! Science Looks at the New Occult," [[The Washington Post]] June 11, 1978 During the period when Geller was filing numerous civil suits against him, CSICOPs leadership, wanting to avoid becoming a target of Gellers litigation, requested that Randi refrain from commenting on Geller. Randi refused and resigned. However, he still maintains a respectful relationship with the group and frequently writes articles for its magazine. Randi has gone on to write several books criticizing beliefs and claims regarding the paranormal.lt;/ref> He has also demonstrated flaws in studies suggesting the existence of paranormal phenomena; in his Project Alpha hoax, Randi revealed that he had been able to orchestrate a three-year-long compromise of a privately-funded psychic research experiment.Philip J. Hilts, "Magicians Score a Hit On Scientific Researchers," Washington Post March 1, 1983, First Section; A1 The hoax became a scandal and demonstrated the shortcomings of many paranormal research projects at the university level. Randi has appeared on numerous TV shows, sometimes to directly debunk the claimed abilities of fellow guests. In a 1981 appearance on [[Thats My Line]], Randi appeared opposite psychic James Hydrick who claimed that he could move things with his mind and demonstrated this ability on live television by apparently turning a page in a telephone book without touching it.lt;/ref> Randi, having determined that Hydrick was surreptitiously blowing on the book, arranged Foam peanut (polystyrene foam shapes) on the table in front of the telephone book for the demonstration, preventing Hydrick from demonstrating his abilities, which would have been exposed when the blowing moved the packaging.http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid7471941094792399305 Video of Hydricks page turning debunking] from Google Video lt;/ref> Many years later, Hydrick admitted his fraud.Korem, Dan (1983). [http://storesense04.dynamic.net/ifpinc/Detail.bok?no=7 Psychic Confession.]http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_2685.shtml (also transcript)] Randi was awarded a MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Genius Grant award in 1986. The money was used for Randis comprehensive exposé of faith healing , including Peter Popoff W.V. Grant and Ernest Angley When Popoff was exposed, he was forced to declare bankruptcy within the year.lt;/ref> In 1988, Randi tested the gullibility of the media by perpetrating a fraud of his own. By teaming up with Australia s [[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]program and by releasing a fake press package, he built up publicity for a spirit channeler named Carlos who was actually artist Jose Alvarez, a friend of Randi. Randi would tell him what to say through sophisticated radio equipment. The media and the public were taken in, as no reporter bothered to check Carloss credentials and history, which were all fabricated. The hoax was exposed on 60 Minutes Carlos and Randi explained how they pulled it off.lt;/ref>lt;/ref> In the book [[The Faith Healers]] Randi explains his anger and relentlessness as arising out of compassion for the helpless victims of frauds. Randi has also been critical of João de Deus (medium) (John of God), a self-proclaimed psychic surgery who has received international attention.lt;/ref> Randi observed, referring to psychic surgery, "To any experienced conjurer, the methods by which these seeming miracles are produced are very obvious."lt;/ref> In 1982, Randi verified the abilities of Arthur Lintgen a Philadelphia physician who is able to determine the classical music recorded on a vinyl LP solely by examining the grooves on the record. However, Lintgen does not claim to have any paranormal ability, merely knowledge of the way that the grooves form patterns on particular recordings.lt;/ref> James Randi stated that Daniel Dunglas Home was caught cheating on a few occasions, but the episodes were never made public, and that the accordion Home is supposed to have played without touching it was a Harmonica that Home concealed under his large moustache. James Randi writes that one-octave mouth organs were found in Homes belongings after his death.lt;/ref> According to Randi around 1960 William Lindsay Gresham told Randi he had seen these mouth organs in the Home collection at the Society for Psychical Research.The First Psychic: The Peculiar Mystery of a Notorious Victorian Wizardby Peter Lamont, Little, Brown, 2005 p 302 Eric Dingwall who catalogued Homes collection on its arrival at the SPR does not record the presence of the mouth organs. According to Peter Lamont, the author of an extensive Home biography, "It is unlikely Dingwall would have missed these or did not make them public."Lamont 2005 p 302

James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)

Image:Randi-foundation.jpg ]] In 1996, Randi established the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi and his colleagues update JREFs blog, Swift, on a daily basis. Topics have included the mathematics of the one-seventh area triangle Randi also contributes a regular column, titled "Twas Brillig," to The Skeptics Society s Skeptic (U.S. magazine) In his weekly commentary, Randi often gives examples of what he considers the nonsense that he deals with every day.lt;/ref> He has regularly featured on many podcasts that can be found online, including The Skeptics Society s official podcast Skepticality lt;/ref> and the Center for Inquiry s official podcast Point of Inquiry lt;/ref> From September 2006 onwards, he has occasionally contributed to The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast with a column titled "Randi Speaks."lt;/ref> In addition, "The Amazing Show" is a podcast in which Randi shares various anecdotes in an interview format.

Randi on religion

In his essay "Why I Deny Religion, How Silly and Fantastic It Is, and Why Im a Dedicated and Vociferous Brights movement " Randi has stated that many accounts in religious texts, including the virgin birth (mythology) the miracles of Jesus Christ and the parting of the Red Sea by Moses are not believable. For example, Randi refers to the Virgin Mary as being "impregnated by a ghost of some sort, and as a result produced a son who could walk on water, raise the dead, turn water into wine, and multiply loaves of bread and fishes", and questions how Adam and Eve "could have two sons, one of whom killed the other, and yet managed to populate the earth without committing incest" despite incest in the Bible being well documented. He writes that, compared to the Bible, "The Wizard of Ozis more believable. And more fun."lt;/ref> In An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernaturalhe looks at a variety of spiritual practices skeptically. Of the meditation techniques of Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat he writes that, "Only the very naive were convinced that they had been let in on some sort of celestial secret."lt;/ref>

The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge

The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) currently offers a prize of one million U.S. dollars to anyone who can demonstrate a supernatural ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria. Similar to the paranormal challenges of John Nevil Maskelyne and Houdini in 1964, Randi put up $1,000 of his own money payable to the first person who could provide objective proof of the paranormal.lt;/ref> Since then, the prize money has grown to the current $1,000,000, and has formal published rules. No one has progressed past the preliminary test, which is set up with parameters agreed to by both Randi and the applicant. He refuses to accept any challengers who might suffer serious injury or death as a result of the testing. On [[Larry King Live]] March 6, 2001, Larry King asked Sylvia Browne if she would take the challenge and she agreed.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0103/06/lkl.00.html Are Psychics for Real?] appeared with John Edward March 6, 2001, on Larry King Live CNN lt;/ref> Then Randi appeared with Browne on Larry King Liveon September 3, 2001, and she again accepted the challenge.lt;/ref> However, she has refused to be tested and Randi keeps a clock on his website recording the number of weeks that have passed since Browne accepted the challenge without following through.http://www.randi.org/sylvia/ The Sylvia Browne Clock] from the http://www.randi.org/ James Randi Educational Foundation website] During Larry King Liveon June 5, 2001, Randi challenged Rosemary Altea to undergo testing for the million dollars. However, Altea would not even address the question.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0106/05/lkl.00.html Spiritual Medium Versus Paranormal Skeptic] (Rosemary Altea verses Randi) on Larry King Live June 5, 2001 Instead Altea, in part, replied "I agree with what he says, that there are many, many people who claim to be spiritual mediums, they claim to talk to the dead. There are many people, we all know this. There are cheats and charlatans everywhere." Then on January 26, 2007, Altea and Randi again appeared on Larry King Live Once again, she refused to answer whether or not she would take the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge.lt;/ref> Starting on April 1, 2007, only those with an already existing media profile and the backing of a reputable academic were allowed to apply for the challenge.lt;/ref> The resources freed up by not having to test obscure and possibly mental illness claimants will then be used to more aggressively challenge notorious high-profile alleged psychics and mediums such as Sylvia Browne Allison DuBois and John Edward with a campaign in the media. JREF maintains a public log of past participants in the Million Dollar Challenge.lt;/ref>

Legal disputes

Randi has been involved in a variety of legal disputes, but claims that he has "never paid even one dollar or even one cent to anyone who ever sued me." However, he says, he has paid out large sums to personally defend himself in these suits.

Eldon Byrd

A Baltimore District Court found Randi guilty of defaming Byrd for calling him a "convicted child molester", because although Byrd had been found guilty of child pornography offences and admitted to molestation, the admission was part of a plea bargain so he was not actually convicted.lt;/ref> No damages were awarded to Byrd.lt;/ref>

Uri Geller

In a 1989 interview with a Japanese newspaper, Randi was quoted as saying that Uri Geller had driven a metallurgist named Wilbur Franklin to "shoot himself in the head," after the scientist realized that Geller had tricked him. This statement was incorrect—Franklin had died of natural causes. In the same Japanese newspaper interview, Randi also called Geller a "sociopath." In 1990, Geller sued Randi in a Japanese court over the statements Randi had made in the Japanese newspaper. Randi did not participate in the trial, but in March 1993, the judge ruled against Randi, and awarded Geller 500,000 yen (at the time about US$2000). Randi refused to pay the amount. Geller later agreed not to pursue Randi for the money in a subsequent settlement with CSICOP.lt;/ref>Marcello Truzzi, An End to the Uri Geller vs. Randi & CSICOP Litigations? http://www.uri-geller.com/psir.htm] Randi later stated that the phrase "shot himself in the head" was a metaphor that had been lost in translation.lt;/ref> He had made a similar statement in English three years earlier in a Toronto newspaper: "The scientist shot himself after I showed him how the key bending trick was done."lt;/ref> In 1991, Randi commented that Uri Gellers public performances were of the same quality as those found on the backs of cereal boxes. Geller sued both Randi and CSICOP. CSICOP argued that the organization was not responsible for Randis statements. The court agreed that including CSICOP was frivolous and dropped them from the action, leaving Randi to face the action alone. Geller was ordered to pay substantial damages to CSICOP.lt;/ref>lt;/ref> Randi and Geller subsequently settled their dispute out of court, the details of which have been kept confidential. The settlement also included an agreement that Geller would not pursue Randi for the award in the Japanese case, or other outstanding cases.

Other

Allison DuBois on whose life the television series [[Medium (tv series)|Medium]]was based, threatened Randi with legal action for using a photo of her from her website in his December 17, 2004, commentary without her permission.lt;/ref> Randi removed the photo, and now uses a caricature of DuBois when mentioning her on his site, beginning with his December 23, 2005, commentary.lt;/ref> Late in 1996, Randi launched a libel suit against a Toronto-area psychic named Earl Gordon Curley.lt;/ref> Curley had made multiple objectionable comments about Randi on Usenet Despite prodding Randi via Usenet to sue (Curleys comments had implied that if Randi did not sue, then his allegations must be true), Curley seemed entirely surprised when Randi actually retained Torontos largest law firm and initiated legal proceedings. The suit was eventually dropped in 1998 when Earl Curley died at the age of 51.lt;/ref> Sniffex producer of a dowsing bomb detection device, unsuccessfully sued Randi and the JREF in 2007.lt;/ref> Sniffex sued Randi for his comments regarding a government test in which the Sniffex device failed. The company was later investigated and charged with fraud.

Personal life

In 1987, Randi became a naturalized citizen of the United States lt;/ref> Randi has said that one reason he became an United States citizen was an incident while on tour with Alice Cooper where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police searched the bands lockers during a performance. Nothing was found, yet the RCMP trashed the room.lt;/ref> In February 2006, Randi underwent coronary artery bypass surgery lt;/ref> In early February 2006, he was declared to be in stable condition and "receiving excellent care" with his recovery proceeding well. The weekly commentary updates to his website were made by guests while he was hospitalized.lt;/ref> Randi recovered after his surgery and was able to help organize and attend the 2007 Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas metropolitan area (an annual convention of scientists, magicians, skeptic , atheist and Freethought .lt;/ref> Randi was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in June 2009.http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/832-randi-on-and-off-chemotherapy.html Thorp, Brandon K. "Randi On (and Off) Chemotherapy" Swiftrandi.org; 12 January 2010] He had a ping pong ball-sized tumor removed from his intestines during laparoscopic surgery He announced this a week later at the July 2009 The Amazing Meeting as well as the fact that he was scheduled to begin chemotherapy in the following weeks.SF Weekly, August 24, 2009, lengthy article by Michael J. Mooney, which reported: "He has intestinal cancer and may not have long to live." He also said at the conference: "One day, Im gonna die. That all there is to it. Hey, its too bad, but Ive got to make room. Im using a lot of oxygen and such—I think its good use of oxygen myself, but of course, Im a little prejudiced on the matter." Randi also said that after he is gone he does not want his fans to bother with a museum of magic named after him or burying him in a fancy tomb. Instead, he said, "I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller s eyes." His physicians put his five-year survival rate at 50%. Randi underwent his final chemotherapy session on December 31, 2009, as he explained in a January 12, 2010 video in which he related that his chemotherapy experience was not as unpleasant as he had imagined. In a video posted April 12, 2010, Randi stated that he has been given a clean bill of health. Randi is Homosexual He coming out in a post on the JREF Swiftblog in March 2010, at age 81.http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/914-how-to-say-it.html Randis 21 March 2010 post] on his bloglt;/ref>

Awards and honors

*MacArthur Foundation 1986 *American Physical Society Joseph A. Burton Forum Award 1989lt;/ref> *Richard Dawkins Award 2003 *Philip J. Klass 2007lt;/ref> *Committee for Skeptical Inquiry In Praise of Reason Award, 2009 *Elected a Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow, 2010lt;/ref> *In 1981, asteroid 3163 Randi was named after Randi, whose friend Carl Sagan influenced him to become an amateur astronomer

World records

The following are Guinness record : * Randi was in a sealed casket for an hour and 44 minutes, which broke Harry Houdini s record of one hour and 31 minutes set on August 5, 1926. * Randi was encased in a block of ice for 55 minutes.

Bibliography

*A Magician in the Laboratory (Forthcoming http://www.randi.org/documents/randiresume.pdf) *[[An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural]] 1995, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-15119-5 (http://randi.org/encyclopedia/ Online Version]) *[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]] 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-09771-9 *[[Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions]] 1982, Prometheus Books ISBN 0-87975-198-3 *Houdini, His Life and Art Putnam Pub Group (November 1976) ISBN 0-448-12552-8 *James Randi: Psychic Investigator 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8 *Test Your ESP Potential Dover Publications Inc. (31 December 1982) ISBN 0-486-24269-2 *[[The Faith Healers]] 1987, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-369-2. (ISBN 0-87975-535-0 1989 edition) (Foreword by Carl Sagan *[[The Magic of Uri Geller]] 1982, ISBN 0-345-24796-5 (later renamed [[The Truth About Uri Geller]]ISBN 0-87975-199-1) *The Magic World of the Amazing Randi Adams Media Corporation (September 1989) ISBN 1-55850-982-8 *[[The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the Worlds Most Famous Seer]], 1990, Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN 0-684-19056-7 or ISBN 0-87975-830-9. *Wrong!(Forthcoming )

TV and film

Actor

*[[Wonderama]](1955) (TV) as The Amazing Randi *Good to See You Again Alice Cooper (1974) as the Dentist/Executioner *[[Happy Days]]– "The Magic Show" (1978) as the Amazing Randi *[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]](1981) (stunt coordinator: Houdini) *[[Penn & Teller]]s Invisible Thread (1987) (TV) *Penn & Teller Get Killed]] (1989) as the 3rd Rope Holder *eyond Desire (1994) as the Coroner ===Himself=== *Zembla]], De trucs van Char(The tricks [[Char Margolis|Char]] uses. (March 2008.) *ZDF German TV(2007) *Wild Wild Web(1999) *[[West 57th Street]](1980s) *[[Welt der Wunder – Kraft der Gedanken]](January 2008) *Today on NBC(1980s) *[[The Don Lane Show]](1980) *[[Thats My Line]] (1980) (Appeared with James Hydrick *[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]American Broadcasting Company (1999) *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (32 appearances between 1973 and 1993) *[[Secret Cabaret|The Secret Cabaret]](produced by Open Media for Channel 4 in the UK) *[[The Power of Belief (TV)|The Power of Belief]](October 6, 1998) (ABC News Special) (TV) *[[The People are Talking]](1980s) *[[The Dave Patterson Show]](1970s) *The Art of Magic(1998) (TV) *[http://www.fulcrumtv.com/program.php?id=113&cat=studio/ob&subcat=studio/ob&year=2004&page=1 The Ultimate Psychic Challenge](Discovery Channel Channel 4 (2003) *Spotlight on James Randi(2002) (TV) *[[Secrets of the Super Psychics]](Channel 4 The Learning Channel , produced by Open Media 1997/8 *[[Scams, Schemes, and Scoundrels]](A&E Special) (March 30, 1997) *Raitre TVItaly (1991) *[[Politically Incorrect]]with Bill Maher *[[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]] ** End of the World (2003) TV Episode ** ESP (2003) TV Episode ** Signs from Heaven (2005) TV Episode *Oprah Winfrey *[[NOVA (TV series)|NOVA]] Secrets of the Psychics (1993) *Mitä ihmettä?(Finland) (2003) TV Series *Midday Show(Australia)(1990s) *Magic or Miracle(1983) *Magic(2004) (mini) TV Series *[[Larry King Live]]of CNN (June 5, 2001, September 3, 2001, and January 26, 2007) *James Randi: Psychic Investigator(1991) (Open Media series for the ITV network) *[[James Randi Budapesten]]– Hungarian documentary (http://szkeptikus.bme.hu/randi.iso free download for schools]) *[[Inside Edition]]– (1991, 2006, and 2007) TV *[[Horizon (BBC TV series)|Horizon]]– http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml Homeopathy: The Test] (2002) TV Episode *Houdini Dead Men Talking(Biography Channel *Fornemmelse for snyd(2003) TV Series (also archive footage) *[[Extraordinary People – The Million Dollar Mind Reader]] (September 2008).{{cite web|url=http://www.five.tv/programmes/extraordinarypeople/ |title=home – extraordinary people |work=five.tv |date= |accessdate=2009-06-15}} *xploring Psychic Powers Live (June 7, 1989) (Hosted by [[Bill Bixby]]) *CBS This Morning]] (1990s) *Anderson Cooper 360]], [[CNN]] (January 19, 2007 and January 30, 2007) *A Question of Miracles]] (HBO) (1999) *20/20]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC TV]] (May 11, 2007){{cite news | url=http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3164858&page=1 | title=Selling Salvation?| publisher=[[20/20]] | date= May 11, 2007 | first=Jim | last=Avila | accessdate = 2007-03-01}} ==Other media== ===Music=== * James Randi can be heard speaking an introduction on [[Tommy Finke]]s song "Poet der Affen / Poet of the Apes", released on the album of the same name in 2010. The message was recorded by James Randi and sent to Tommy Finke via [[email]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62C-ItkcszE Video by Tommy Finke about the album (German)] ==See also== *[[International Zetetic challenge]] *[[Pigasus Award]] *[[Project Alpha]] *[[Massimo Polidoro]] *[[Basava Premanand]] *[[Prabir Ghosh]] *[[Narendra Nayak]] *[[Robert Todd Carroll]]s Skeptic's Dictionary *Jerry Andrus *Sima Nan

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Official * http://www.randi.org/ James Randi Educational Foundation] – Official website * http://www.youtube.com/JamesRandiFoundation James Randi Educational Foundation official YouTube channel] * http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html Video of short talk by Randi in 2007 at TED] Supportive * http://skepdic.com/randi.html James Randi in] the Skeptic's Dictionary * http://www.skepdic.com/projectalpha.html Project Alpha in] the Skeptic's Dictionary * http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/stoss01.htm How Randi and fake psychic Carlos fooled millions] * Media * http://www.linkingpage.com/magicnewsfeed/2009/5/13/mnw-110-james-randi.html James Randi interview] (May, 2009) from the podcast of MagicNewswire.com in which Mr. Randi discusses his career in magic, his feud with Uri Geller and more * http://bsalert.com/news/2145/BSAlert_Show_5_-_James_Randi_on_Paranormalism_and_Phenomenon.html James Randi interview] (November, 2007) from the BSAlert.com radio show where Mr. Randi discusses the TV show "Phenomenon," the current status of Uri Geller and his thoughts about whether society is becoming more or less superstitious. * * * http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/paranorm.htm "20 Major Aspects of Liars, Cheats, and Frauds" by James Randi"] *http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id1931702 The Power of Belief (Video clip)] from ABC News *http://www.randi.org/radio/index.html Randis Internet Audio Show] from the James Randi Educational Foundation *http://www.skepticality.com/index.php Skepticality Internet Radio] Transcripts *(Sylvia Browne and Randi) *(Sylvia Browne s manager and Randi) *(Altea and James Randi) *(Rosemary Altea and Randi) *(Sylvia Browne and Randi) Criticism * http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/exam/Prescott_Randi.htm A Skeptical Look At James Randi] Michael Prescott * http://www.randi.org/jr/091903.html James Randis response to criticism] [[James Randi Educational Foundation]] * Jacques Benveniste and Peter Jurgens. http://www.anomalist.com/commentaries/magician.html On the Role of Stage Magicians in Biological Research] [[The Anomalist]]1998 * Thalbourne, Michael A, http://www.aiprinc.org/para-C05_Thalbourne_1995.pdf “Science versus showmanship: A history of the Randi hoax,”] [[American Society for Psychical Research]]89 (4) October 1995 Category:1928 births Category:Living people Category:American atheists Category:American magicians Category:American people of Canadian descent Category:American people of German descent Category:American skeptics Category:Canadian atheists Category:Canadian immigrants to the United States Category:Canadian magicians Category:Canadian people of German descent Category:Canadian skeptics Category:Cancer patients Category:Gay writers Category:LGBT writers from Canada Category:LGBT writers from the United States Category:MacArthur Fellows Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States Category:People from Toronto Category:Professional magicians Category:American humanists ar:جيمس راندي bg:Джеймс Ранди ca:James Randi de:James Randi es:James Randi fr:James Randi gl:James Randi ko:제임스 랜디 is:James Randi it:James Randi he:ג'יימס רנדי lt:James Randi hu:James Randi nl:James Randi ja:ジェームズ・ランディ no:James Randi pl:James Randi pt:James Randi ru:Джеймс Рэнди fi:James Randi sv:James Randi tr:James Randi zh:詹姆斯·兰迪

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