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John Lovick May 18, 2020

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John Lovick is my guest today. We talk about what a director brings to a magic performance, what good magic looks like, his Penn and Teller memorabilia collection, why being limited by a character is good for creativity and The Magic Castle.

Ryan Plunkett May 11, 2020

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Ryan Plunkett, a Founding Ensemble Member and Regular Performer at the Chicago Magic Lounge takes some time to talk with us about how limiting yourself increases your creativity, Chicago, his first book, his new book and lots more besides.

Distilled

A New Angle

Richard Wiseman May 04, 2020

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Today's guest is a actual real-life professor. An academic. A magician. A skeptic. A viral video creator. An author of best-selling books and proper scientific papers. It’s the one and only Professor Richard Wiseman.

In this episode we talk about skepticism, viral videos, his early days in magic and books, a magic show with no performer, his appearance in a Queen video and the best hack you'll ever hear for checking your presentation software is working properly.

Here's the video he's in. Can you spot his arm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIlz08fZos

David Kaye (Silly Billy) Apr 27, 2020

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Today, David Kaye and I talk about his philosophy for kids’ magic, why many magicians look down upon people that do magic for children, how to construct a “good” routine for kids, who he rates and what “adult” magicians can learn from kids’ magician.

Here are the people he mentions that he rates:

Mike bent

http://www.mikebentmagic.com

John kimmonds

https://kimmomagic.com

And here are his social links. He’s only just started this, so show him some love and give him a follow:

https://www.instagram.com/silly_billy_magic

https://www.facebook.com/DavidKayeMagic/

And here is where you can buy his stuff:

www.sillymagic.com

Asi Wind Apr 20, 2020

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My guest today was born and raised in Tel Aviv and now lives in New York.

He is one of magic’s most influential thinkers and performers.

He’s David Blaine’s favourite magician.

It’s the one and only, Asi Wind.

Follow him on the Instagrams: https://www.instagram.com/asiwind/

Ben Hart Apr 13, 2020

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Welcome to Season 3!

If I listed all of my guest’s accomplishments now, we wouldn’t have time for any questions. He won young magician of the year and is now a gold star member of the inner magic circle. Along with huge success performing on stage and television, he also invents and creates magic for stage, film and television. He’s made cars appear and also made flies appear. He’s done BGT, AGT The Champions, performed as part of the Impossible ensemble in the west end, dubai, singapore and the philippines, his act has also graced the royal albert hall, the london palladium and wembley arena. His creations have been seen in dozens of West End plays. He taught magic to Gandalf.

David Walliams described him as the “living embodiment of magic”.

https://twitter.com/itsbenhart

https://www.instagram.com/itsbenhart/

https://www.facebook.com/itsbenhart

Buy The Darkest Corners here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/the-darkest-corners/

Morgan and West (2) Mar 09, 2020

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Morgan And West are back on the show. And the world is a better place for it. We chat about their science show, material selection, how to find the one special trick that defines who you are going to be and of course, their new book "Parlour Tricks" which is being released tomorrow, March 10th 2020.

Shane Cobalt Feb 17, 2020

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Underground card legend Shane Cobalt is my guest on this week's episode. We chat about bad magic, good books and brutal feedback.

Karl Hein Feb 10, 2020

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It's Karl Hein! Hugely busy worker, creator, founding father of modern Rubik's Cube magic, regular at The Magic Castle.

If you want to save $200 on his exclusive download bundle, act quickly, the saving is only valid for a week. Normal price will be $300. This week only, you can grab over 11 hours of real world worker material for just $99. Right here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic-downloads/karl-hein-download-bundle/

Tom Crosbie Feb 03, 2020

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Tom Crosbie has done many Edinburgh shows with pun-tastic titles such as Nerd World Problems, You Can’t Polish A Nerd, and Nerd Do Well where he was nominated as 'Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid' in the Malcolm Hardee Awards! He got his flight time out in Europe working for Rodney James Piper, then Matt Wright. He’s successfully transitioned to close up nerdy magician to a busy professional stage worker, where he not only embraces his inner nerd, it is his whole act. It's Tom Crosbie!

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