An episode of the Joe Rogan podcast has captured widespread attention after a guest managed to correctly guess a private piece of information, unknown even to Rogan’s wife.
Maintaining secrets in a relationship should be kept to a minimum for the sake of trust.
While partners may not be aware of every single detail, such as our bank details, an unexpected revelation occurred when Joe Rogan hosted mentalist Oz Pearlman.
Pearlman surprisingly deduced a piece of personal information that stunned the host. The astonishing incident, highlighted by Collin Rugg on X, formerly known as Twitter, has garnered 6.8 million views.
The conversation began with Rogan discussing his 16-year marriage to Jessica Ditzel, leading Pearlman to challenge Rogan to think of a significant number for him to uncover—a number Pearlman couldn’t possibly have prior knowledge of.
After considering options like social security numbers, they settled on Rogan’s ATM PIN.
Pearlman asked Rogan to think of a random four-digit number, unrelated to his actual PIN, and Rogan chose 2020.
From this point, Pearlman applied his mentalist skills.
Using Rogan’s fabricated number, along with subtle psychological cues, Pearlman began to deduce the actual digits. He explained that many men tend to ‘go higher’ and thus guessed the first digit of the real PIN was one, as it had to be lower than the two in Rogan’s fake number.
He also noted Rogan’s repetition in the number 2020, suggesting a similar pattern in the real PIN. Pearlman correctly concluded that the numbers two and zero were not in the genuine code since they had been used in the test number.
As the trick progressed, Rogan appeared more and more uneasy.
Being certain of his guess, Pearlman wrote the PIN number on a notepad, ensuring Rogan’s audience wouldn’t know it.
Rogan confirmed the accuracy of the PIN, visibly astonished.
“That’s weird…” Rogan remarked, momentarily processing the situation before humorously adding, “I’m skeptical because I got that PIN code in the mail…”
Viewers had varying reactions to the segment, with some questioning Pearlman’s techniques.
“I always wonder why these mentalist aren’t filthy rich from winning the lottery all the time, betting on sports, or cleaning up in Vegas,” one commented online.
“That’s wild, but there’s usually a method behind these ‘mind reading’ tricks, often combining cold reading, subtle physical cues, and psychology,” another explained. “Still impressive execution though, made Joe squirm.”
“Guarantee he would not guess mine,” stated another confident viewer.
On Reddit, the discussion continued, with one fan noting: “One of the coolest episodes in a very long time.”
“This is one of the best episodes in this pod’s history,” another agreed. “Incredible mind f**ks.”
Someone else concluded: “I think this guy was exactly what this audience needed.”