The Guest:
• Tim Ellis
Former FISM judge and organizer Tim Ellis gives us a primer on the rules on the international magic competition taking place in Blackpool this July. Now that the roster of competitors has been released he also runs down the categories and gives us favorites to look for.
Also, hear Justin’s completely biased picks.
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The Guest:
• Marco Tempest
A leading mind on the melding of magic and technology, Marco Tempest has become a regular speaker for TED and other conferences. He joins us to discuss how his career has gotten to this point, what element of tech is exciting him now and why a five month plan is now more important than a five year plan.
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The Guest:
• Piff the Magic Dragon
He was once referred to as John Van Der Put, but now this London magician spends all of his time on stage in a floppy costume, clutching a small dog and calling himself Piff the Magic Dragon. In this interview, John talks about the birth of Piff, the reaction from his friends in the magic community when he started exclusively performing as the character and what’s next.
Don’t miss out on this one on one chat with the stand out act on Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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The Guest:
• Justin Willman
Justin Willman, a touring magician and host of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and upcoming Cupcake Champions talks about his new YouTube project Magic Meltdown. Produced with money from YouTube itself via the Nerdist channel, Willman talks about why he’s trying to bring fun and levity back to street magic as well as how different the project was from working in television.
SUBSCRIBE to the NERDIST CHANNEL and therefore Justin’s MAGIC MELTDOWN series HERE.
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The Guest:
• Andrew Mayne
Andrew discusses the Teller lawsuit to protect the secret behind Shadows. He also talks in detail about his new book Angel Killer.
The main character is a female magician who has to use her knowledge of misdirection and method to stop a mad man who is convincing the world that a grisly age of miracles has arrived.
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The Guests:
• Fran and Wayne Houchin
Our first married couple on the show explains who they ended up hanging from cranes in the Dominican Republic and South Africa escaping from straight jackets. Specifically, Fran had never performed a stunt like that in her entire life.
How did the idea come up and how can you learn from their experience to accomplish goals with your act?
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The Guest:
• Tyler Wilson
The author of Reinventing The Real joins us yet again to discuss character, patter and when the right move is standing aside from your magic. The case for being a cover band is also made.
Find out how you can make your routines stronger overnight by identifying the elements of your personality that you don’t realize you’re broadcasting.
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