Podcast Episodes

Emilio Lander

Season 3 Episode 18

A beginner magician walks into a magic shop and gets overwhelmed fast. Now imagine he works there. Emilio joins us from the Alakazam team to build hi…

9 hours ago

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Doug Gorman

Season 3 Episode 17

A lot of people think magic is something you either start as a kid or you miss your shot. Doug Gorman blows that idea up. He started at 45 after a La…

1 week ago

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Lee Hathaway

Season 3 Episode 16

A Covent Garden magic stall in winter, a boat that hosts magic sessions and a career that somehow threads through it all to The Magic Circle. We sit …

2 weeks ago

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Stranded with a Stranger: Stephen Maule

Season 1 Episode 35

A coin vanishes three times, ends up trapped inside a phone and then bends after the spectator has been holding it. That’s how Stephen Maule chooses …

3 weeks ago

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SOS: Oliver Meech

Season 1 Episode 7

Magic gets stale when we keep reaching for the same props, the same references and the same “safe” structures. So we invited Oliver Meach back for a …

4 weeks ago

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Michael J Fitch

Season 3 Episode 15

He’s performed for Queen Elizabeth II, he’s a resident magician in Gordon Ramsay restaurants and he’s Vice President of The Magic Circle, but he stil…

1 month ago

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Chris Funk

Season 3 Episode 14

A card rises to the top of the deck because a violin is playing and somehow that makes perfect sense by the time it’s over. That’s the kind of “how i…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Stranded with a Stranger: Luke Murray

Season 1 Episode 34

Luke Murray sends in his desert island list and it is an incredible working mentalism set: strong openings, clean mid-show impossibilities and a clos…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Kieron Johnson

Season 3 Episode 13

The easiest way to spot a real magician isn’t the trick, it’s what happens when something goes wrong. Kieron Johnson joins us to talk about the skill…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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SOS: Wayne Goodman

Season 1 Episode 6

A “best of” list is easy to make. A forever list is brutal. Wayne Goodman comes back to his desert island lineup and we pressure-test it like working…

2 months ago

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