The Insider

A fascinating chat with the incredible Richard Turner. Find out about how he got started, how he met The Professor, sessioning with Jennings, Cervon, Charlie Miller and more. We discuss practising, performing and of course, playing cards. 

Kyle Purnell joins us to chat about creativity, his process for working, his new release, and we test how quickly the mythical George responds to email. 

Welcome to part two of our amazing podcast with Marc Paul. We chat about the impact Covid had on his work and how he used it to his advantage creating brand new acts, that famous Parkinson appearance, mentalism things he would banish to Room 101 and more. 

We chat about how Marc got started, the London scene in the 90s, his friendship with Andy Nyman, a very honest story about pretending to be a "real" psychic and what books he'd recommend. 

Part Two of the amazing Andy Nyman. As with part one, there are swears, so parental guidance if listening around small children!

To start Rune Klan week, here's a revisit of the amazing live interview he kindly gave at The Session 2020. In it, he talks about creativity, tricks, and his show Barnløs, which we have just realised as a digital download: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/stage-and-parlor-magic/barnlos/ We'll be doing The Insider live at The Session 2022. Who will be the guest? Come and be part of the live audience this July: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-conventions/the-session/

It's Andy Nyman! What else do you need to know?  This is part one of two, and this is marked as explicit because there are plenty of swears in it. Do not listen if small kids are around!

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-mysteries-of-hector-chadwick/

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 scenes on instagram - @ptfoolus And here are the submission guidelines: Submission guidelines: - Please submit a recording of your routine as you would perform it on our show. Unlisted links to vimeo or youtube are preferred. - We don't require a live audience or a stage, but record the video as if you were performing in front of Penn and Teller / or via remote to our studio. - Professional video is not necessary. Cell phone video is fine with clean picture and sound. - We love original magical acts with novel and clever methods and/or presentation. - Routines should be 3-5 minutes in length. - Videos should be unedited. - Please make sure we can see your face in the video, even for close up routines. - For close up/card tricks, be sure the camera is close enough to read the cards. - Send your trick to fooluscasting@gmail.com - Production May 2-11. - EXTENDED DEADLINE February 28, 2022

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.