Cold reading
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Cold reading has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts, first heard Oct 2025 on The Telepathy Tapes.
Cold reading is a set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums. Without prior knowledge, a practiced cold-reader can quickly obtain a great deal of information by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. during a line of questioning. Cold readings commonly employ high-probability guesses, quickly picking up on signals as to
| Mentioned in | 2 episodes on 2 podcasts (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on The Telepathy Tapes |
| Field | Psychology, Performance |
How do different shows talk about Cold reading?
2 shows discussed Cold reading in these episodes.
- Morbid | Podcast — 1 episode
- The Telepathy Tapes — 1 episode
Who talks about Cold reading on podcasts?
Cold reading came up; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on Morbid | Podcast.
What is Cold reading mentioned alongside?
Cold reading is most often mentioned alongside New England, Kansas City, Kansas and Vegas.
Mentioned together: New England, Kansas City, Kansas, Vegas, Wisconsin, Adolf Ash, As Above So Below, Harry Potter, Bible, Morbid Podcast, Ouija board