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Ricky Jay Liane Hansen speaks with sleight-of-hand artist and historian Ricky Jay. He's one of the worlds foremost experts on magic history and unusual entertainments. His book, "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women", quickly became a cult classic after it was published in 1986, and has now been re-released in paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

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Liane Hansen speaks with sleight-of-hand artist and historian Ricky Jay. He's one of the worlds foremost experts on magic history and unusual entertainments. His book, "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women", quickly became a cult classic after it was published in 1986, and has now been re-released in paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).