Podcast Episodes

SOS: Harry Nardi

Season 1 Episode 5

We’re drawing a line in the sand: self-working tricks are not a guilty pleasure. If the audience can’t backtrack the method and the moment feels impo…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Marc Lavelle

Season 3 Episode 2

A great magic set isn’t the one with the fanciest props. It’s the one you can do when the pockets are empty, the room is loud and someone says, “Go o…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Damien O'Brien

Season 3 Episode 1

A great magic set isn’t about having the fanciest props. It’s about having material that survives real-world conditions: bad lighting, tough angles, …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Stranded with a Stranger: John France

Season 1 Episode 30

You can learn a lot about a magician by the eight tricks they refuse to live without, and John France’s list is built for the real world: restaurant …

3 months ago

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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…

3 months, 1 week 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 …

3 months, 2 weeks 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…

3 months, 3 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 months, 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 months 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…

4 months, 1 week ago

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