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Stephen and I discuss: Pitching Sven decks at Thorpe Park, how he met and started working with Derren Brown, their writing process, the history of Hector Chadwick book, Equivoque, what’s the most useful piece of advice in the book, what from mentalism he’d put into Room 101, the three things he’s most proud of and more.  https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/mentalism/the-definitive-mental-myster...

Yigal very rarely does interviews, and we're honored he agreed to do our podcast.  Come for the tips on thread work, stay for the insights into Spider Pen X, his beginnings and the real history of Loops.  https://yigalmesika.com

Roberto Giobbi stops by to talk about Card College , note-keeping and so much more.  

Justin Willman stops by to chat about Magic For Humans, people guessing methods on the internet, his mysterious twin brother and more. 

What a treat! The producers of Fool Us drop by to talk about how the show started, what they are looking for in acts, how to apply and some incredible, specific advice on increasing your chances of selection.  And here's how to apply:  Final Call for season 9.  Casting deadline Feb 28. Send submissions to fooluscasting@gmail.com Also some announcements and a little bit of behind the...

Vanishing Inc. Cofounder, Andi Gladwin was just on Fool Us. Join us for a special edition before the next season starts to go Inside Baseball for Andi’s recent appearance on Penn and Teller’s Fool Us. We chat about getting to America during a pandemic, mysterious George, practise, method, history and much more.

We're going to take a short break for a few weeks and come back in 2022 for Season Eight. You look after yourselves out there. And Happy Holidays. 

John Graham joins me to discuss moving your show from close-up to stage or parlour in this fascinating chat. 

Ahead of his upcoming appearance at The Session in a few weeks, I grab some Tobias Time to talk light, shadows, creativity, art and more.  And as promised, here's the link to Josh's podcast: https://www.audioup.com/shows/howmagiciansthink

Oh my!  Jeki and I talk about creativity in captivity, crafting, gimmicks, being married to a magician and more. 

Jon Allen and I chat about his book, [Experience: The Magic Of Jon Allen](https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/stage-and-parlor-magic/experience-softback/), about creating magic, about solving problems and about how Jason Alexander was surprised he was good.  Jon will be appearing at The Session 2022.  Book your ticket here. 

Dr Matt Pritchard is a scientist and a magician. In this very interesting chat, we discuss how to make magic more surprising, inclusion, delaying the how and prolonging the wow and of course, his amazing small scale illusions on social media. Matt wants more Instagram followers, so be sure to check him out at www.instagram.com/sciencemagician

David Copperfield has a new book out, written with Richard Wiseman and David Britland. And it is excellent. In this special, extended episode, David and Richard join me to chat about piracy, Houdin and technology, women in magic, Malini and methods to improve every aspect of your own magic.  Order your copy of the book here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/david-copperfields-his...

Mat and I chat about how to make intimate magic play on a big stage, creativity, luck, the college circuit and the story behind who really came up with the idea of Mel B's phone being in a seat cover!

Guinea pigs, the origin of The Cloak Of Invisibilty, and so much more. As promised, here's Mac King Part Two. Guinea pigs, the origin of The Cloak Of Invisibilty, how to move from a middle act to a headline slot, what Mac finds exciting about magic today and so much more. And here's the link for Josh's new podcast: How Magicians Think

I was never here... OK?

In part one of this interview, Mac discusses his early days at Mr Caufield’s store and magic club, his new theater, who has been in the bear suit, making bits play for adults and kids, how to keep your show fresh, and changing up methods.

Ahead of his Masterclass: Live in October, Jason joins us to chat about prop bets, why winning all the time is OK, and more. Join us for his Masterclass: Live: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/masterclass/ Or, for the same price, join VI+ and get his Masterclass, access to the new streaming library and free shipping with no minimum spend: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/vanishing-inc-plus/

Josh is back on the show to chat about Magifest and his new book, How Magicians Think.  If you pre-order the book from us, you get an exclusive free deck of cards and a signed bookplate. At the time of writing this (9.13.21) there are just 50 of those decks left (out of 2,000). So act quickly! Pre-order here https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/how-magicians-think/

Christian joins us on episode two to talk about Switch One, Level One, jazz, prototyping and fooling the pants off Andy Nyman.  Christian runs a fantastic monthly membership program where you pay a very small amount and get a WHOLE LOAD of amazing magic. You can find out more about that here: https://christiangracemagic.gumroad.com/membership

A fascinating start to season six. We discuss Dani's seemingly informal approach to performance, The Spanish School, a lesson from Juan, how to improve your force, the importance of copying your heroes, and what to expect from his upcoming Masterclass: Live which starts this Sunday. (September 5th, 2021). https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/masterclass/dani-daortiz-masterclass-live/

Welcome to part two of the interview with Jason England. We discuss Vernon’s Fingerprint Trick, an amazing lesson for us all from Steve Forte, how to practise, how to improve your second deal and what he’ll be covering during his month’s residency for Masterclass: Live.

Jason England joins us to talk Erdnase, Ricky Jay, his amazing collection of gambling devices and the importance of lists. Part two next Monday. Jason's Masterclass: Live starts this Sunday, August 1st. If you want to learn from a master on how to do seconds, bottoms, crimps and shuffles and how to apply them to magic, you need to be part of this! You can just buy this month, but for the best pric...

Steve Cohen joins us for a second go on the podcast.  Join us for a fascinating chat about starting up his show again, practise, Max Malini, why he doesn’t do “big prop” tricks, and his rare, upcoming appearance at Magifest. And as promised, the link to the violin player he recommended is: https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de

In the second part of this interview, we discuss hiding the moves you spend so long working on, how to make your magic better, stories about Gabi and tips from The Jerx.