Discourse in Magic

In this episode we sit down with old friend Ryan Edwards from R.E. Handcrafted. Ryan Edwards does it all. He's an incredible performer, consulted and constructed for the best, but most of all he handcrafts tools for magicians all over the world. Tools like wallets, card clips, close-up pads and more! In his words... "I can make anything" He's made tools for Teller, for Copperfield, and other incre...

In episode 64 we sit with our long time friend Jeff Hinchliffe to talk about Toronto Magic. Jeff had a huge roll on the Toronto magic scene, and our magic growth. Be cause of that, we really noticed when he left the scene for a few years. Thankfully he's back now, but there's a lot to learn in the episode about why he left, and more importantly why he's back! This was a great episode. We got to le...

We brought on card mechanic and full time performer Mark Calabrese. Mark has released effects on all of the major online magic retailers with more coming this year. He's an incredibly accomplished performer and in this episode he tells all about how he got to where is. He also breaks down all of the behind the scenes on his Penn and Teller fool us, and his Wizards Wars too. These are by far the cr...

Matt Disero joins us in person to talk about the life of a comedy magician. Especially compared to other comedians. Making it in the comedy world is very different than in the magic world. This episode is chance for you to understand what it takes! You might have seen Matt on Penn and Teller Fool Us, Comedy Network, Comedy Central and MANY OTHER tv shows! As well he's toured comedy clubs all over...

In Episode 59 Mentalist/Hypnotist Rockstar Entertainer Spidey gives us exact tips as to how to succeed as a performer.  Spidey went from videos playing at his local movie theatre to the biggest stages on television. In this episode he tells us exactly how he does that Check our more information at http://discourseinmagic.com/ep59  

We get to sit down with the modern day merlin Marc Kerstein. Marc is the Iphone app magician. He's the creator behind things like Earworm and Wikitest - which was debut on David Blaine's new special. Marc walks us through how he mixes technology and magic. As well, he gives us some examples as to where his inspiration comes from. We also touch on the importance of mixing magic with whatever your o...

To work in a restaurant magician you have to worry about more than just you magic. First you need to worry about how to get the gig, then you need to worry about how to satisfy your employer, then you have to make sure that you connect with each and every table.  First she sets things straight about what exactly the role of the magician is in a restaurant. You are part of the team. You're a tool....

In this episode we sat down with an old friend Morgan Pierce to chat about pricing and limiting beliefs in magic. Morgan is one of the brightest guys I know, and gives a ton of great advice. By day, he's a financial planner, by night he's a magician. If you ever had fears about what to charge as magician, want to better understand how to look at it, or need some advice about a magician managing mo...

BOOM! Episode 54 with magician, speaker, vlogger, and all around badass Brian Miller! We chat about all of the essentials for a magician to get hired more, what it takes to get an agent, and why you don't need one yet.   Brian gives us legitimate practical advice for a magician trying to go on tour, book more gigs, or even just interested in bettering and streamlining their magic business. We also...

In this episode we invite some important leaders of the Toronto magic community together to discuss the past present and future. Toronto has one of the top magic communities. If you haven't yet, you should check it out.  If you want to get up to date with some of the big things coming in and coming out of the six magic wise, you'll like the episode. Sit back, relax and celebrate episode 52 with us...

John Archer brought everything that we wanted and more in this episode all about comedy magic. He answered the questions with real world practical answers.  We all know now that the answer to getting really good, is performing a lot. We tried to push past that and ask about the questions to help you while you're on that journey.  He answers everything from how to add material, to how to be funny,...

In this episode the one and only Gazzo talks to us about everything it takes to be a top notch performer. It's nothing like studying books and books, or learning the trick of the week (sound familiar?) Gazzo explains what people are doing wrong, and how you can be doing it right. Being an old school entertainer is nothing like being an Instagram entertainer. They're totally different things. Want...

In this episode we are joined by the very mysterious Mysterion and the fantastic and fashionable Steffi Kay! These two are a mind reading duo from Toronto who are BLOWING UP! People are always asking how to "get out there" as a magician. Well they know the recipe, and they share it with us. 1 part hustling every day meeting people, 1 part your costume and how you present yourself, 1 part working w...

In episode 47 we sit down with David Malek to talk about being entertaining. Even though David is one of the most skilled card-men alive, that's not his most interesting feature. It's his entertainment value! If you've never seen THE KING perform live, you're in for a treat. In this episode he tells us exactly how he does that! Specifically he uses examples himself, famous actors, musicians and mo...

We sit down with John Guastaferro, and dive into creating a great effect! As always to make amazing magic you need to be incredibly self aware. You need to understand who you are, what you like, what you don't like and why! I asked John to dive into "The Napkin Approach" from his first book One Degree because I thought it would be helpful for this audience! More than anything taking the time to he...

In this episode we sit with our friend Nick Wallace to discuss scripting, using a director, and creating a piece of theatre with your magic! Nick is someone who we've spoken about in Keith Browns episode, and James Harrisons episode because he's worked in fringe and created a unique show. That's exactly where we jumped in for this episode. Nick talks about how he scripts his show, how he works wit...

In this episode our friend and the January contest winner James Harrison  joins us to talk about identity, props, and paying your dues. The most important topic is identity, because it helps sort out everything else. Your identity, who you are as a performer shapes what you have to do with your effects.  Things vary based on your character, if you perform for money or not, your target audience, yo...

In episode 43 Chad tells us his story that starts from his childhood. He was 3 years old when he was hospitalized with  acute lymphoblastic leukemia. During many of his years and months at the hospital Chads father brought magic to help take his mind off of things. Today chad takes what he learned from his father to spread the magic around the world. For a full episode write up, details, videos, l...

Welcome to our first LIVE SHOW ever! In Episode 42 Wes Barker, Eric Leclerc and Chris Ramsay come to Toronto to record our first live event! We got to relax kick back have some drinks and talk magic with these superstars. Separately their material has reached millions of views, and climbing, so they seem to be perfect experts on the subject. Youtube and Television are these guys specialty and they...

In Episode 41 Caroline sits down with us to chat all about her success and how she's reached here. One of the key points that she mentions is being a lifelong student, and that is one of the keys to Ravn success. Working with the best, engaging with media, clients, followers and being the superstar that we are supposed to be! If you want to know how to have articles written about you in major maga...

In episode 39 we chat with Asi Wind about the importance of caring about the magic that you create. Too often, people do standard effects with standard presentations that don't resonate with themselves. So why do they think it will resonate with their audience? In this episode Asi breaks it down and explains why it's so important to make sure you enjoy and care about the magic that you create. For...

We sit down with our old friend Keith Brown to chat all about everything you need to know about fringe festivals. If you're looking to find out how to get on a fringe festival, how to succeed at one, how to sell tickets or why you would want to do one, this is the perfect episode. Keith holds no information back and shares it all. This is a perfect episode for our "crafting a show" month, since it...

The amazing Chris Funk joins us on episode 37 to chat all about why making your show around yourself is the best thing you can do for your magic. Chris is someone who seems to have attained major success, and he has reached that level of success just by being awesome. No crazy business tactics, no morning cold calls. Just commitment to a great show and appropriate promo material. It seems like in...

In this episode we sit down with a great friend James Alan from the famous "Magic Tonight" show from Toronto.  Since he's a fan of the show it was a blast to chat with him on the podcast and tackle some of the things we mentioned in episode 35. James has some great opinions and awesome gems all about introductions, and tweaking the minor things in your show as well as the major things! I hope that...

In the wonderful and amazing ep 34 Justin Willman tells us everything that we need to know about great magic on TV and online. Justin is one of the guys who spent a lot of his efforts on TV doing a great job, and some of his efforts online doing a great job! The thing is, it's not to be a youtube star. It's to help convert into more Live performances!   If you want more discourse in magic or to jo...