Penn Jillette's Marathon Life in Magic

Published: Aug. 18, 2015, 4 a.m.

At 6'6" tall, Penn Jillette is a huge character. He's got a\xa0huge frame, a huge personality, and huge appetites.\xa0It's a trait that has occasionally gotten him into trouble; he weighed, until a recent diet change,\xa0more than 350\xa0pounds. But his gregarious energy\xa0mostly expands\xa0to fill every moment of free time with professional success. He's an inventor, an entrepreneur, a podcast host, a TV show creator, a Twitter celebrity, a comedian. And for more than forty years, he's been the talking half of stage magic duo Penn & Teller. He talks to host Alec Baldwin\xa0about his lifelong atheism, what it's like to\xa0perform\xa0the same trick for four decades, and why he's committed to debunking nonsense.

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