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Remembering James "The Amazing" Randi

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio

Published October 23, 2020 at 1:33 PM MDT

This week, the world lost James "The Amazing" Randi, who died at the age of 92 on Oct. 20. Randi was a renowned magician and escape artist, but, as we learned in 2014, he couldn't abide charlatans.

So he turned his energy to exposing psychics and con-artists with intricate investigations and hoaxes of his own. His story was the focus of The Honest Liar, a documentary by Salt Lake filmmaker Tyler Measom, which we featured in our Through the Lens film series. Measom joined us in 2014 to talk about Randi's crusade for truth and how all of us, even "The Amazing" Randi himself, are susceptible to deception.

You can see An Honest Liar on Amazon Prime.

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Doug Fabrizio

Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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