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Today, David Kaye and I talk about his philosophy for kids’ magic, why many magicians look down upon people that do magic for children, how to construct a “good” routine for kids, who he rates and what “adult” magicians can learn from kids’ magician. Here are the people he mentions that he rates: Mike bent http://www.mikebentmagic.com John kimmonds https://kimmomagic.com And here are his social links. He’s only just started this, so show him some love and give him a follow: https://www.instagram.com/silly_billy_magic https://www.facebook.com/DavidKayeMagic/ And here is where you can buy his stuff: www.sillymagic.com

My guest today was born and raised in Tel Aviv and now lives in New York.  He is one of magic’s most influential thinkers and performers.   He’s David Blaine’s favourite magician.  It’s the one and only, Asi Wind.  Follow him on the Instagrams: https://www.instagram.com/asiwind/

Welcome to Season 3! If I listed all of my guest’s accomplishments now, we wouldn’t have time for any questions. He won young magician of the year and  is now a gold star member of the inner magic circle. Along with huge success performing on stage and television, he also invents and creates magic for stage, film and television. He’s made cars appear and also made flies appear. He’s done BGT, AGT The Champions, performed as part of the Impossible ensemble in the west end, dubai, singapore and the philippines, his act has also graced the royal albert hall, the london palladium and wembley arena. His creations have been seen in dozens of West End plays. He taught magic to Gandalf. David Walliams described him as the “living embodiment of magic”.  https://twitter.com/itsbenhart https://www.instagram.com/itsbenhart/ https://www.facebook.com/itsbenhart Buy The Darkest Corners here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/the-darkest-corners/

Morgan And West are back on the show. And the world is a better place for it. We chat about their science show, material selection, how to find the one special trick that defines who you are going to be and of course, their new book "Parlour Tricks" which is being released tomorrow, March 10th 2020. 

Morgan And West are back on the show. And the world is a better place for it. We chat about their science show, material selection, how to find the one special trick that defines who you are going to be and of course, their new book "Parlour Tricks" which is being released tomorrow, March 10th 2020. 

Underground card legend Shane Cobalt is my guest on this week's episode. We chat about bad magic, good books and brutal feedback. 

It's Karl Hein! Hugely busy worker, creator, founding father of modern Rubik's Cube magic, regular at The Magic Castle.  If you want to save $200 on his exclusive download bundle, act quickly, the saving is only valid for a week. Normal price will be $300. This week only, you can grab over 11 hours of real world worker material for just $99. Right here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic-downloads/karl-hein-download-bundle/

Tom Crosbie has done many Edinburgh shows with pun-tastic titles such as Nerd World Problems, You Can’t Polish A Nerd, and Nerd Do Well where he was nominated as 'Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid' in the Malcolm Hardee Awards! He got his flight time out in Europe working for Rodney James Piper, then Matt Wright. He’s successfully transitioned to close up nerdy magician to a busy professional stage worker, where he not only embraces his inner nerd, it is his whole act. It's Tom Crosbie!

The final of our special live show recording at The Session 2020. 

The second of three podcasts recorded live at The Session 2020, in London.  Rune Klan is an incredible performer and in this episode we talk about honesty, creativity, improvisation, openers, and his new show about to tour his native Denmark.  I mentioned I'd post a link to his amazing YouTube mini series: TrickyLeaks. So I have. 

This episode was recorded live at The Session in London. 

Winner of the Hong Kong Close Up Magic Open, Asia Magic Association Close Up Magic Content, FISM Asia winner, FISM Italy winner, TV star and hugely successful corporate entertainer as well as the person responsible for kick starting the entire genre of rubik’s cube magic, it’s Henry Harrius! Henry tips in some detail what he'll be lecturing about this coming weekend at The Session as well as discusses how to improve your magic, how piracy has impacted him, and once or twice we talk about cubes.  Follow Henry on Instagram. 

Here it is. Our Holiday Special. Yes, it's over 30 minutes, but you listen to it and tell me what I should have cut out? :) What you are here for, in these show notes, is the video of the race.  Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bW7rraZfFc Suck it up, George. LOOOOOOSER. Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it. If I get time, I will drop the rap onto a beat. 

Magician, creator, consultant, director, winner of the AMA Close up magician of the year and the man who brought the world tiny plunger, it’s Jon Armstrong. This show has a lot of insights, but one REALLY useful bit of information about making a commercial comedy magic prop your own. Worth the price of admission just for that. 

Marlo, Marlo, Marlo, and a bit of Marlo on the side. Zarrow shuffles. And more.