Hidden In Plain Sight

Episode 566 - Patti Negri Interviews Joseph Warren About His Stupid Wishing Machine

·1 hr 28 min·5 clips
The hosts react to Patty Negri's show 'The Witching Hour' and her guest Joshua P. Warren, a paranormal investigator.
The episode features hosts Perry and Brandon Steele providing commentary on an interview from Patty Negri's show 'The Witching Hour'. The guest is Joshua P. Warren, described as an author, inventor, and paranormal investigator. The hosts immediately mock Negri's show name and Warren's appearance. Warren discusses his 'metaphysical inventions', including devices like the 'wishing machine' and 'prayer board'. The hosts discover his website selling the 'Apex Machine' for $999, a device with unlabeled knobs meant to manifest desires. They critique its lack of functionality and Warren's vague explanations. Warren demonstrates a 'psionic dematerializer', a tube he claims can make objects invisible, which the hosts ridicule as basic concealment. He talks about his podcast 'Strange Things', part of the Coast to Coast AM network, and his radio background. Warren shares that he owns land near Area 51 and plans to build a machine to open interdimensional portals there. The hosts consistently sarcastically comment on Warren's claims, his serious tone, and the absurdity of the paranormal products being sold. The episode blends clips from the original interview with the hosts' reactive mockery and criticism.

As heard by us

A paranormal pitch gets picked apart one wishing device and joke at a time.

A conversation about a wishing device becomes a strange mix of occult language, sexual fantasy, UFO talk, and running disbelief. The guest lays out a wish board, a wand, traditional magic, chaos magic, psionics, and psychotronics as routes toward getting a desired result.

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Why you'd press play

Press play when you want a wishing board, occult jargon, and a very specific regret about the last 49 minutes.

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