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TED Talk at TEDx Maastricht Netherlands 

Dan's first TED Talk "Cutting Through Fear" gets standing ovation, goes viral and hits 1 Million views!

Cirque Eloize Montreal

Aired on French TV5 to 150 million French speakers worldwide​​

Dan Meyer Promo Reel

Highlights of Dan's career impacting lives in 60 countries around the world

The Ricki Lake Show 

 "World Record Holders" (May 2013)

Watch Dan swallow a glowing light saber, eat fire and a glass lightbulb for Ricki Lake.

 America's Got Talent   

"The Most Dangerous Act that wowed the judges"  
 the YouTube phenomenon that went viral, 
 now at over 21 million views!

America's Got Talent Semi Finals Vegas
Watch Hasselhoff squirm as Dan swallows
a flaming sword and a CURVED sword at
America's Got Talent Las Vegas Semi-Finals!

Ripley's Believe It or Not Shark Tank

Watch Dan swallow swords underwater in a tank of 88 sharks and stingrays for Ripley's Believe It or Not! Myrtle Beach SC

Stan Lee's Superhumans Red Hot Sword

Watch Dan swallow a sword heated 1500 F RED HOT
for Stan Lee's Superhumans on The History Channel​

Ripley's Believe It or Not Car Pull 
Watch Dan pull a 3700 lb. Mini Cooper covered in 1 Million Swarovski crystals BY SWORD out of Ripley's Believe It or Not Baltimore for
World Sword Swallower's Day 2013​​

Dan wins 2007 Ig Nobel Award Harvard
Watch and LISTEN as Dan accepts the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University​​

Ig Nobel Awards 2009 Harvard 
9 Nobel Laureates remove a sword from Dan to set a new World Record. Filmed at 2009 Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony at Harvard University ​​

PINC.11 Talk, Netherlands

In "The Art and Science of Doing the Impossible", Dan reveals hidden insights into sword swallowing and his quest to face his fears, overcome limitations, and do the impossible for European leaders at PINC.11 in Zeist Netherlands.

The Discovery Channel:
"I Survived Impaling"

Filmed at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Fluoroscope moving x-ray of Dan swallowing a long sword 
Filmed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Stan Lee's Superhumans. ​​

Fluoroscope moving x-ray of Dan swallowing a curved sword 
Filmed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Stan Lee's Superhumans. ​​

Dutch Documentary: Sword Swallowing and its Side Effects

Dutch documentary on "Sword swallowing and its side effects" and the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine.​

Arianna Huffington pushes sword into Dan at AOL Huffington Post
Watch Huffington Post Chief Arianna Huffington push a sword INTO Dan's throat, before she pulls it out at AOL/ Hufflington Post  NY headquarters for 

 World Sword Swallower's Day 2012 ​​

Swallowing 15 Swords at Once

Watch Dan swallow a famous 100-year-old giant antique saw from a museum exhibit, then swallow 15 swords at ONCE at a museum lecture at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT 2010

Ripley's Believe It or Not Orlando
World Sword Swallower's Day 2012

Annual World Sword Swallower's Day coverage from Ripley's Believe It or Not Orlando 2012 ​​

Ig Nobel Lecture Aarhus Denmark 
Dan closes his Ig Nobel Science Lecture with a demonstration for a Danish audience at Aarhus Universitet in Aarhus Denmark on the 2010 Ig Nobel Scandinavian Tour. 

Jugglevile Vanderbilt University

Dan swallows 7 swords in 3 minutes​ with
spectacular grand finale: passing 6 juggling clubs while sword swallowing!

NBC Today Show New York City
Watch Natalie Morales pull the sword from Dan's throat on NBC Today Show live.

The Learning Channel:  "99 Most Bizarre Self-Inflicted Injuries" 
TL​​C documentary on punctured stomach injury while swallowing 5 swords at once in 2005

Food Network "Unwrapped"
Watch Dan attempt to swallow a "Sword Sandwich" of 5 swords at once, exactly one month after he nearly died from the same feat gone wrong. ​​

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