The Steve Faulkner Podcast

Marc Paul is one of the most experienced mentalists working today, and he’s incredibly generous with what he knows. I’m moving more into mentalism myself at the moment, so I took full advantage. We talk about looking in the mirror and being honest about what kind of performer you are, sitting comfortably with stunned silence instead of a laugh, why billets are “psychologically invisible” even on a...

Pete Heat performs for some of the most famous people on the planet. We get into how those gigs actually come about, the Jude Law moment that reminded him to stop throwing his own tricks away, and why one rough show on a half-empty cruise ship says nothing about you. Plus an exclusive: Pete’s finishing a book on filming magic, drawn from years as a TV consultant and cameraman, and he shares some o...

Andy Gladwin on Stealing Magic, the documentary about his years tracking down the people behind magic's biggest piracy sites, fresh from its premiere at Tribeca. This one was recorded a little while back, but everything in it is just as relevant now. We talk about the pirates who asked for $20,000 a month in Bitcoin to leave Vanishing Inc alone, being scared on camera with a film crew who aren't a...

This one goes deep, and I'll be honest, it was partly selfish. I've been struggling with how you put actual meaning into magic without it becoming meaning for the sake of it. So I got Perseus Arkomanis on to help me work it out, and hopefully help some of you along the way. Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so pleas...

I've been trying to get Peter Nardi on for ages, and when we finally sat down we just started talking and hit record to see where it went. No plan, no structure, and it turned into one of the most open conversations I've had on here. Peter built Alakazam from a bloke ordering tricks nobody else could get, off the back of daily lunch breaks at Davenports in Charing Cross, into one of the biggest ma...

Arthur Benjamin is a mathematician. When I tell people that, I watch their eyes glaze over a little, and I get it, because that was me too, until I saw him perform at a convention years ago and it became one of the most entertaining things I've ever watched live. Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on...

Episode two of the WafflePod, and a heads up before you start, this one cuts off abruptly. We forgot to hit record again after a break and lost the last five minutes. You've got the meat of it though. Me and Toby get properly into it this time. We start on ADHD, why it seems to follow performers and magicians around, whether that's genuine or just the algorithm showing us more of our own kind, and...

Every time Jack Rhodes sits down with me, something seismic has happened. First podcast he was on a career break wondering if he should quit his engineering job. Second time he'd just done BGT and was about to become a dad. This time he's a dad, he's finished a full UK tour, he's headlined the Opera House at Blackpool in front of 3,000 people twice in one night, and he's independently written, per...

Jason Bird has been doing close-up magic professionally for a long time. He's worked cruise ships, corporates, walk-around events, and now he's building a parlour show on the east coast. And somewhere in between all of that, he sat down and wrote a book. Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link...

This one was a real treat. I sat down with Dave Loosley, the mind behind The Creative Compendium, and we got stuck into one of my favourite subjects: creativity, and how you actually turn a vague idea in your head into something that works in the real world and is a joy to perform. Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support,...

This week it's me and Toby Davis getting stuck into the most talked-about release in magic right now: Shay Kahn's Rolex System. A thousand dollars for a PDF, no trailer, no performance to watch, and a wave of online backlash that got pretty heated. So we sat down and actually talked about it properly, instead of joining the pile-on. Is it a scam, or a serious professional tool that just got market...

Henry Harrius joins me for one of my favourite conversations in a long time. We talk about creativity, burnout, exposure culture, social media magic, performing casually vs professionally, Rubik’s Cubes, Shin Lim, Juan Tamariz, David Copperfield, and what “real magic” actually feels like. Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their su...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look. https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo There’s been a huge amount of discussion surrounding the release of The Rolex System by Shay Kahn. A $1000 PDF. Paid demonstrations at Blackpool. Claims of it being revolutionary...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look. https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo I had a really nice catch up with Ben Seidman, as usual, it goes in a few different directions. We talk about his work on Now You See Me and what that was actually like day to da...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look. https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo I had a great chat with Danila, better known as Ring Jedi.  THE 8-ring manipulator who’s built a huge following online through some seriously visual, hypnotic work. If you’ve see...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look. https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with one of my favourite magicians, Eric Mead. This one felt like a bit of a rare treat. Eric is one of the most thoughtful people in...

Thank you to my sponsor Abracircle. They create amazing websites for magicians. I'm very grateful for their support, so please click on the link and have a look. https://www.abracircle.website/steve-faulkner-podcast-promo Captain Frodo (Frodo Santini) went from street performing to performing with Cirque du Soleil. In this conversation we explore what it really means to be a showman.   In this epi...

Aaron Fisher is one of the world’s premier sleight-of-hand artists, creators and magic educators. He’s the author of one of the modern classics of card magic: The Paper Engine (recently re-issued in a 20th Anniversary Edition).  His effects,  from the legendary vanishing-deck routine Panic to a roster of original sleights and routines - have influenced thousands of card magicians. Including me!  A...

Myq Kaplan is a brilliant, word-play-driven comedian seen on Conan , The Tonight Show , and James Corden . His specials include Small, Dork & Handsome and Live From The Universe . He hosts here All of this can be found at myqkaplan.com . Follow Steve  Insta: @stevefaulkner Site: https://stevefaulkner.com Magic Training Site: https://www.onlinemagic.co    

Alexander Marsh  joins me for a properly geeky, funny and insightful chat about mentalism, creativity, and the modern world of magic. We get into billet work, stagecraft, and the constant tug-of-war between keeping secrets and sharing ideas online. Please visit his performance page at https://www.alexmcaleer.com/ His courses are highly recommended, and can be found here https://the1914.com/collect...

In this episode, I’m joined once again by the brilliant Chris Kenner - executive producer for David Copperfield and one of the most influential creators in modern magic. This time, we go even deeper. We talk details, creative process and even a bit of politics. And, as always with Chris, the conversation is as inspiring as it is revealing. Whether you’re a working pro, a passionate student, or jus...

Thanks so much to Jay for speaking to me, and inspiring me.  Please check out all of Jay's brilliant things here https://www.kapsel.se/shakingthesky Jay's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jaygilligan_/ @jaygilligan_ Then check out my magic training site here https://www.onlinemagic.co Scroll to the bottom for one-off courses Follow me on instagram   https://www.instagram.com/stevefaulkner @stev...

'Rick Maue simply is. anything more would be superfluous … or arrogant; and no one needs that shit.' In this episode, I’m joined once again by the brilliant Rick Maue. A creator, thinker, and artist whose approach to magic is as thoughtful as it is powerful. This isn't just a follow-up, it’s a long, open conversation about performance, creativity, and the deeper currents that run beneath mentalism...

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