Discourse in Magic

With perfect timing, days after the David Blaine special airs, Tyler and I sit down with our old friend Daniel Garcia. He chats with us about what it's like to consult, and some tips and activities he uses to inspire his creativity and inspiration. If you need to produce more content then you are right now, I recommend listening to this episode to find out some of the best ways to be creative regu...

Hey, thanks for reading this! Let me tell you all about the episode.  We chat with Justin Flom about every form of media around, and how a maigican can make the most out of it: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine (dead), TV, Books. Since he's done work in all of them and made quite a splash, he's the guy to talk to. For more about this episode, or other episode and blogs hit up www.discou...

In this episode we sit down with the Magic podcast king himself Julian Mather. Julian gives us astounding tips on the specific tools that a magician can use to help boost their business, especially online! If you liked this episode you can head to www.discourseinmagic.com  to sign up for our newsletter, or check the show notes for some of the tools mentioned in the episode! 

In this episode we chat with Wes about secrets of branding yourself and exactly how to have the tenacity to make enough cold calls to get yourself booked. Wes is the type of guy that get's things done. He sets up his own shows for his own videographers, he makes the phone calls, he makes his own website. And he's a pretty funny dude! We can learn a ton from how he conducts his magic business like...

WOW! If you're a magician looking to get booked more, this is for you. Lou Serrano gives us endless tips, information, ideas, strategies, and honestly the straight up truth about exactly what it takes to get a ton of bookings.   Lou knows his stuff, since he's created a product about THIS CONCEPT ALREADY If it interests you get his product at www.sixfiguremagic.com  and enter the coupon code: disc...

The one and only Mathieu Bich spoke with us about his creative process. It seems like his approach as more to do with ignoring the information in the public eye, and using the power of the mind to solve problems. He also is a creator for the sake of himself and not the magic market. Which means he creates many more tricks than he releases. If you are at all into creation, I think you'd really like...

We're very excited to be able to sit down with Youtube star Daniel Fernandez. If you haven't yet it's worth checking out his videos on youtube. We chat with him about creativity in magic, and how one can be creative in any part. He tells us why he thinks that magic is flirty, and gives us his honest feedback about getting into the magic game both online and offline.   This was an awesome episode,...

In this episode we sit down with Chris Wiehl in his car to talk all about his creative process for creating new methods. His approach is a more gradual approach where method, evolves over time through conversation, interaction, knowledge, and compromise. If it's still September 2016, Head to Discourse in Magic and sign up for our contest to win ARTHUR by Chris Wiehl www.discourseinmagic.com/septem...

In this Episode we go up to Magic Camp with the Magic Champ - the one and only Shawn Farquhar to talk all about how he fooled Penn and Teller TWICE. Shawn has performed for more audiences, from different backgrounds, for different reasons, in more places than I could ever image, in countries I've never heard of. He tells us all about how to Fool the ol' P and T, how to win competitions like FISM,...

In this Episode we got to sit down with our friend Bobby Motta to talk about the ups and downs of mentalism. He speaks about his intentions, what he wants his audience to take from the show, and why he ended up picking mentalism over magic. I would totally recommend this episode, check out the show notes, or any of our other episodes at www.discourseinmagic.com  

In this Episode we sit down with our long time friends Scott Hammell to talk all about doing stunts. In the episode he chats all about why he does stunts, what he hopes to learn from them, a couple of horror stories, and advice for people who are actually going to do stunts, and don't want to heed the "don't try this at home" theory.   If you're interested check www.discourseinmagic.com  for more...

In this episode we sat down with Dave Buck, and Elliott Terral from Art of Magic (Dan couldn't may make it) to talk all about art. Thankfully they know art, with their evolving projects Art of Magic, and Art of Play.  We chat about cardistry, and the incredible rate that it's evolving, the importance of design and style in your magic and cardistry, and the classic question of is magic an art? For...

In this episode we chat with Mark Correia about adding comedy to your magic. Mark is the funniest person we have ever seen on a stage, and he gives us some great tips on how to add comedy to your magic. We look at it from the perspective of acting and theatre. If you want to make your magic funnier, check out the episode, and as always for show notes, and to join our newsletter head to www.discour...

In this Episode we sit down with our good friend, and incredible close-up magician Rosemary Reid. We talk about some of the challenges, and benefits, and just the unique aspects that comes from being a female in a male dominant industry. If you want to participate in the conversation or join the newsletter feel free to head over to www.discourseinmagic.com and check out whats going on there. Or pa...

In this Episode we sit down with the always hilarious Oscar Munoz to talk about the future of IBM and the importance of theatre in magic.  If you like it/ agree/ disagree, or jus want to talk about magic go to www.discourseinmagic.com  and leave a comment!

In this episode we sat down with Simon Black to talk all about his more recent journey deeper into the world of magic theory and even digging into the Spanish style of magic  It was packed with some great conversations about magic theory, and if you want to read any of the show notes or participate in the discussion (or contest) at www.discourseinmagic.com    

In this episode we had a blast sitting down with Aaron Fisher and Adam Grace from Conjuror Community. We spoke all about how to be a good student or teacher, and the blurry lines between the two.  We get to go in great detail of the origins of their organization and where in came from, and what the purpose is. For more information or to participate in this months CONTEST go to www.discourseinmagic...

We went to Lee Ashers house, ate some delicious food, and learned a TON about playing cards. Lee is an expert in all things playing cards, and since he's a collector he knows all about the innovation and exciting news from the past few years as crowdfunding is on the rise. For show notes and our contest go to www.discourseinmagic.com    

In this episode we introduce out first themed month and chat with Jeff Pinsky from the Browsers Den of Magic, Mike Segal from Sorcerers Safari, and Ben Train from.....Toronto all about great magic communities. These 3 people are massive players in the magic communities that have contributed to our growth. Head over to  www.discourseinmagic.com  to comment what magic communities have helped you gro...

In this episode, we got to speak with a local Toronto magician and friend about his story through magic. He has a very unique tale of growth, possibly not intended. He moved from the restaurant world to the birthday party world, followed by comedy magic and now an illusion show.   For more content visit www.discourseinmagic.com

In this episode we chat with a long time friend Ben Train all about ethics in magic and why it's important. If you have ever thought about the morals of lying to your audience, the similarities between our practices and pseudosciences, and if what you are doing is right or wrong tune in!   Let us know what you think!   Check out show notes and more at  www.discourseinmagic.com

In this episode we speak with Patrick Kun about how he creates magic for youtube that is tasteful for both magicians and laypeople. He takes us through the making of each of his valentines day episodes and his time working with David Copperfield, and Calen Morelli. Check out the show notes, and other awesome info at www.discourseinmagic.com .

In this Episode we head over to Chris Mayhew's house to chat magic, improv and yellow fever.   Check it out, and other awesome info at  www.discourseinmagic.com

In Episode 3 we chat with Eric LeClerc about how to develop your character from the inside out. He tells us some awesome stories and is wildly helpful with his opinions on building a character   Check out the show notes, and more info at  www.discourseinmagic.com

In this episode Steven Brundage shares how he was able to go viral with his cop video, Penn and Teller Fool Us video, and Cube3 while giving us insider info about his next TV appearance.    Check out show notes and more info at www.discourseinmagic.com