I was NOT expecting that!

No, this isn't about Johnny Carson.

Back in August I wrote a mini-tribute to Perry DeAngelis of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast. One of his colleagues on that show, Rebecca Watson, has created a pilot for a public radio show, Curiosity, Aroused. One segment of the show has Rebecca visiting a psychic fair, showing several mediums and psychics a picture of Perry, and asking what they can tell her about her friend.

They say things like "He will have a financial success in the first half of next year." They suggest general good fortune for Perry. Not one psychic said, "He's dead," or even "He's watching you from the other side."

It reminds me of a quote I saw in a signature: "I've gone to hundreds of fortune-tellers' parlors, and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her."--a New York City police detective as quoted by Greg "Dr. Elmo" Morrow.

Rebecca's show is, in my opinion, wonderful. Several NPR stations have already signed up to play it on the air (including my local WNYC) but you can hear it right now. Give it a listen.