The Mind Readers

心理探读者

Radio Atlantic

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2025-03-06

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How far would a parent go to understand their child? How much might a parent believe? A popular new podcast claims that some nonspeaking kids with autism can read people’s minds. But is it real? Or does it just come from a deep desire to connect? Read Dan Engber’s story at The Atlantic here. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/podsub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • On a long road trip over winter break,

  • I listened to all 10 episodes of this podcast called the Telepathy Tapes.

  • The show is

  • about a group of non speaking autistic kids who are able to communicate using a method sometimes known

  • as spelling

  • or facilitated communication.

  • Essentially, someone the facilitator,

  • helps guide the kids using a keyboard or an iPad to spell out messages.

  • That already is a kind of magic

  • because kids who have been unable to communicate can now share their thoughts.

  • But this podcast takes it to a whole new level of magic.

  • It's not just that they can communicate.

  • These kids can read minds.

  • I'll bring Houston up to them and just tell them,

  • hey, think of one little thing and he writes it out.

  • On the board so he's read your friends minds.

  • He has read my friends minds before.

  • I've seen it firsthand.

  • By the end of the series, the kids are not just reading minds,

  • they're communing with the dead,