Overview

• The Telepathy Tapes, a podcast exploring claims of telepathic abilities in non-verbal autistic children, briefly surpassed The Joe Rogan Experience as Spotify's most popular podcast in the U.S.
• Hosts Ky Dickens and Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell present anecdotal evidence and experiments where autistic children reportedly guessed words or numbers their parents were thinking.
• Critics, including scientists, have questioned the validity of the experiments, suggesting that parental cues could explain the results, and labeled the show pseudoscientific.
• Despite skepticism, the podcast has garnered significant listener interest, maintaining a 4.9-star rating on Spotify and announcing a second season focused on non-autistic telepaths.
• Joe Rogan himself praised the podcast as 'fascinating' and suggested further scientific investigation into its claims during a recent episode of his own show.