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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/

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,...

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. 

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

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-...

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...

The final of our special live show recording at The Session 2020. 

The second of three podcasts recorded live at The Session 2020, in London.  Rune Klan is an incredible performer and in this episode we talk about honesty, creativity, improvisation, openers, and his new show about to tour his native Denmark.  I mentioned I'd post a link to his amazing YouTube mini series: TrickyLeaks . So I have. 

This episode was recorded live at The Session in London. 

Winner of the Hong Kong Close Up Magic Open, Asia Magic Association Close Up Magic Content, FISM Asia winner, FISM Italy winner, TV star and hugely successful corporate entertainer as well as the person responsible for kick starting the entire genre of rubik’s cube magic, it’s Henry Harrius! Henry tips in some detail what he'll be lecturing about this coming weekend at The Session as well as discu...

Here it is. Our Holiday Special. Yes, it's over 30 minutes, but you listen to it and tell me what I should have cut out? :) What you are here for, in these show notes, is the video of the race.  Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bW7rraZfFc Suck it up, George. LOOOOOOSER. Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it. If I get time, I will drop the rap onto a beat. 

Magician, creator, consultant, director, winner of the AMA Close up magician of the year and the man who brought the world tiny plunger, it’s Jon Armstrong. This show has a lot of insights, but one REALLY useful bit of information about making a commercial comedy magic prop your own. Worth the price of admission just for that. 

Marlo, Marlo, Marlo, and a bit of Marlo on the side. Zarrow shuffles. And more. 

Magician, author, creator,  TV presenter, performer, producer, film maker, it’s Paul Wilson. We chat about Tamariz, TV Magic and a prank he pulled on our very own Joshua Jay... Please also see the accompanying blog post for your free copy of the notes referred to in the show. 

It's episode 50!  Today I'm joined by Simon Coronel and Nick Paul, the hosts Two Magicians. One Mic. Between them, they’ve been on Conan, Netflix’s Magic for Humans, won FISM, Fooled Penn and Teller and are awfully, awfully existential. "Hey Dawg, I heard you like magic podcasts, so I put a magic podcast inside your magic podcast." Enjoy.  

Harrison is funny and does magic. What more do you need to know? We have a chat about shoving nails up your nose, AGT, Conan, developing original material and roasts. Enjoy. 

In this week’s episode Scott Robinson talks with us about his creative process, a soft touch, TRICS, Sleight Club, how to make a move your own and - of course - his new book “Pure Imagination”. Launched last weekend at TRICS, the book sold out immediately. It officially hits the magic stores tomorrow (12th November 2019).  Scott's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottroms TRICS : https://w...

Nikola Arkane is best known in her native Northern Ireland as a children's magician. Indeed, she is the only professional female magician there. She also is a close up performer and has recently won two IBM competitions and recently performed for a week in the close up room at The Magic Castle.  We chat about her first and worst ever gig, the issues she had performing close up initially, her...

This is an amazing episode. You'll learn so much about performance. How important a breath is. Why being interested is better than being interesting . Why clowns have red noses. Avner started learning his art in the 70s, in Paris, and kindly shares a great deal of what he has learned over the years.  If you enjoy the show, we'd love it if you told a magician friend or two. 

A huge star in his homeland, Wolfgang Moser talks with us about Fool Us, Think A Drink and his process for creating unique magic. Enjoy. 

Today, we have the creator of "Socks" and "Priceless", Michel Hout. Michel is a busy corporate magician and offers some amazing insights into that world in this episode. Also, the story about the creation of "Priceless" is worth the price of admission alone. Enjoy.  (There were a couple of technical issues with this week's show - some stray pops and clicks and weirdness. I fixed them as best...

He's tall. He's Scottish. He's done Edinburgh Fringe for 28 consecutive years and made a profit each year. That's remarkable. In this episode, Ian shares all he has learnt from doing oh so many Fringe shows. You'd do well to listen when Ian speaks. You're likely to learn something.  Here's his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iankendallmagic/ Oh, and in the show he mentions Isis. That is...

Eric and I talk about making magic videos every day for a year, how YouTube landed him not one, but two highly successful TV gigs, the crossover between adult and kid magic, and a whole load more besides. 

This is just a super short PSA to let you know we're taking a summer break, but will be back in September with a whole boatload of amazing guests. Stay tuned. 

Yup. Him David Regal. And in this episode we talk about secrets, interpreting magic, rug rats, the hot rod force, his new book and of course, The Carbanaro Effect.