Discourse in Magic

To start 2019 off, Jonah sits down with Steve Shaw, better known as Banachek, to discuss mentalism, the ethics behind deception and parapsychology. Banachek is one of the world's leading mindreaders who has helped debunk psychic claims, created effects for leading performers, and is sought after by venues around the world for his performances. For more content visit www.discourseinmagic.com

It's a bonus episode this Monday. With the rise in new listeners, Jonah thought he would sit down to talk about the ethos behind Discourse in Magic. For more content visit www.discourseinmagic.com . 

New year, new magic! To ring in the new year, Jonah sits down with Ben Train, Chris Mayhew, and Jacque Swan to discuss their magic highlights and lowlights from 2018, and what they plan to change for the upcoming year. For more content visit www.discourseinmagic.com

Pipo Villanueva joins Jonah for episode 143 to discuss adding impact to your magic. Pipo is a magician from Spain who has performed at the Magic Castle and is known for performing impactful effects. For more content visit www.discourseinmagic.com

Episode 142 is a new take on the catch-up episodes. In the first half, Jonah is addressing a topic in the magic community which has been a part of many recent discussions: Magic exposure online. In the second half, he sits down with his writer and editor, Jacque Swan, to discuss magic in Toronto and behind the scenes of the podcast. The second half of the episode begins at 29:20. For more content...

After several recommendations, Joe Diamond finally sits down with Jonah for episode 141 to discuss ritualistic magic, believability, and engaging your audience. Joe is a mentalist based in Illinois who delves into the weird side of life through his magic. He has headlined at the Chicago Magic Lounge, performed alongside David Parr, and hosts a weekly show called The 13th Hour. For more content vis...

Jonah sits down with Zivi Kivi for episode 140 to talk the business of performing. Zivi is not only a children's entertainer, but he operates several podcasts like the Balloon Artist Podcast, Generous Podcast, and the Magician Business Podcast while also instructing with the Kids Entertainer Academy.   For more content, go to: www.discourseinmagic.com/

This week, Jonah sits down with Ondřej Pšenička to discuss creating magic, Fool Us, and the importance of community. Ondřej is an award-winning magician who has performed at the Magic Castle, on Penn & Teller, and is the creator of the Butterfly Deck.

It's a solo episode for 138 as Jonah sits down to catch you up on his trip to Austin, where he's at with his magic and new ideas for the podcast.

Magic podcast hosts collide this episode as Carisa Hendrix, co-host of Shezam, sits down with Jonah to discuss performance, women in magic, cultural theory, and "It Factor." Carisa is an award-winning magician who brings her background in visual arts and sideshow to her magic.

Musician-turned-magician Jonathan Friedman joins Jonah this week to discuss combining outside passions with your magic and how magic has changed over the years. Jonathan is the best selling author of The 80's Called...They Want Their Magic Book Back Vol. One and The Magic of Jonathan Friedman: The Musical.

This week, Jonah finally sits down with Andi Gladwin—co-founder of Vanishing Inc.—to discuss the business of magic, publishing magic, and how to manage your time. Andi has also appeared on Fool Us and The Next Great Magician where he performed his Man in a Balloon act.

It's a short episode this week with Jonah talking about the state of the podcast, the Banksy painting fiasco, and the Toronto Magic Company.

With his passion shifting away from magic, Tyler says goodbye to the magic community and to Discourse in Magic in episode 133. Over the course of two hours, Tyler and Jonah discuss why he has decided to leave while reminiscing about their time working on the podcast. 

Known for his appearance on Fool Us, David Parr joins Tyler and Jonah. Bringing his theatrical background to magic this episode, David discusses the value of live theatre, the power of storytelling and Fool Us.

Harapan Ong joins Tyler and Jonah this week to discuss Instagram magic, developing your art, and the public's exposure to magic. While Harapan is not a full-time magician, you can find him performing from and reviewing magic books on his Instagram show, Fully Booked .

This week, Tyler and Jonah sit down to discuss their past month's projects, advertising, their views on ethics in magic, and Shin Lim. 

We are very excited to have Axel Hecklau join us. He is an award-winning magician , taking second place for parlour magic at the 2018 FISM World Championship, who brings his unique insight to improving existing methods this episode.

It's time for a catch-up episode with Jonah and Tyler! The episode starts with a recap of the past month, where Tyler talks about his video editing skills and Jonah recounts wrapping up his summer tour, his trip to Los Angeles, and his recent of Art of Magic show. They then pick up where they left off in episode 125 to answer the remaining listener questions.