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Penn Jillette, H.L. Mencken research fellow at the Cato Institute, is the louder, bigger half of the magic/comedy team Penn & Teller. He and Teller cohost a series on Showtime that looks to debunk junk science, scares and scams with reason and logic.

Interview by Caleb O. Brown. Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Evan Banks.