Podcast Episodes

End of Season 2 Special with Peter Nardi

Season 2 Episode 53

355 different tricks. Only six people sharing the single most popular pick. And a top item that only three guests chose. Season two ends with the kin…

10 hours ago

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SOS: Dean Leavy

Season 1 Episode 4

If you work gigs for a living, you know the quiet fear: doing the same “sure-fire” routines until you start performing on autopilot. Jamie sits down …

1 week ago

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Harry Merlin Piper

Season 2 Episode 52

A 15-year-old magician walks down a street in Los Angeles and strangers pull cars over just to have a photo with him and demand a trick. That’s the l…

2 weeks ago

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Rodney James Piper

Season 2 Episode 51

Magic gets weaker the moment it feels like a “performance mode” you turn on and off. Rodney James Piper joins us with a profound, refreshing belief: …

3 weeks ago

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SOS: Adam Dadswell

Season 1 Episode 3

This week Adam Dadswell returns to rebuild his list years after his first visit to the island. Some picks stay because they still hit hard in real sh…

4 weeks ago

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Stranded with a Stranger: Jim Aitken

Season 1 Episode 29

This week we sit down with Jim Aitken, an Aberdeen magician, longtime club member, and retired paramedic, to explore eight effects that balance pract…

1 month ago

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Chris Webb

Season 2 Episode 50

A brass cap on a table. A ring hovering between hands. A deck that turns to glass. From a childhood trip to Hamleys to late‑night jams at Blackpool, …

1 month, 1 week ago

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Vince Wilson

Season 2 Episode 49

What makes a trick live past the applause? We say it’s story, meaning that travels with people when real life hits them in the face outside the venue…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Erik Tait

Season 2 Episode 48

What makes a close-up set survive bars, restaurants, conventions, and The Magic Castle without breaking stride? We chase that answer with Erik Tait, …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Stranded with a Stranger: Mark Piazza

Season 1 Episode 28

Eight tricks, one book, one banishment and a lifetime of lessons packed into a single, fast-moving session with performer and author Mark Piazza. We …

2 months ago

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