Josh is a motivational speaker, Author, Comedian, Paralympian and Halloween Enthusiast. I met him performing at a comedy club and could not be more impressed with his talent and his character. A wonderful human being, your sure to love this episode!

In this episode Josh and I talk about:

• How he lost his leg at 10 years old
• Being honest during your presentations
• The challenges of speaking to younger audiences
• Starting to do stand up
• How people perceive him
• Performing verses entertaining
• Why we love comedy
• Getting rid of the gimmicks
• Why he refuses to use sides during his presentations
• Feeling like he didn’t have a story to share
• Having a gig cancelled after he started speaking
• If you can speak to high school students, you can speak to anyone
• Students don’t care about your accomplishments
• When you take bad ideas on stage
• Focusing on the things you can control
• Michael W Smith’s greenroom
• Keeping your presentations fresh
• Worrying about things the audience doesn’t notice
  …. and continuing to move forward.

You can connect with Josh at JoshSundquist.com

and on Social Media @joshsundquist

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In this episode Arthur and I talk about:

• Amazing places to eat in Studio City
• Being torn apart as an actor was good
• Realizing college shows are not for him
• How he evaluates his performances
• Magic is such a powerful art form that it can support a weak entertainer
• Being watch guys who cant afford watches
• Your material should reveal who you are to the audience
• Watching David Copperfield when you are young
• Fog juice smell like pancake syrup
• Forming the Midwest Masters of Magic club
• Its so awkward recording this outside
• Trying to get out of the service industry
• Breaking through the noise
• Getting through the dark days
• Not wanting to be a novelty
• Looking to far ahead can be discouraging
  …. and just wanting to performing for people that came to see you.

You can connect with Arthur at arthurtrace.com

and on Social Media @arthurtrace

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Michael Rayner is truly one of a kind. He is either performing his own amazing show, or warming up live audiences for TV.

In this episode Michael and I talk about:

• What we do between tricks is the most important thing
• The variety vaudeville community
• Growing up in a small town
• Being pressured by the local Amway guy
• Being a TV warm up guy
• Learning to spin a cheeseburger on an umbrella
• People thinking what you do is easy
• Using TV appearances to your advantage
• Performing at library shows
• Balancing shoes on his face
• Binge watching Breaking Bad
• Having cherry tomatoes thrown at you
• If their golfing before the show… its gonna be rough
• Always give the host and intro
• Making sure you are there for your kids
• Don’t be afraid to cold call
  …. and getting in and out of debt as an artist

You can connect with Michael at MichaelRayner.com

and on Social Media at @brokenjuggler

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Taylor shares a short takeaway from episode 18 with Actress Mallory Moye.

Sarah Hoag and her husband josh are long time friends of Katie and I. She is an amazing photographer who transformed her passion into a career.

In this episode Sarah and I talk about:

• Meeting in Church youth Group
• Her husbands short lived rap career
• Her love of photography
• Not hiding behind the camera
• Moms rarely are in the photos
• Insecurity keeps us from life
• Collecting moments not things
• Family fights and photo shoots
• Capturing important moments
• Her father passing away days before her wedding
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• Trying to not have your value tied up in other people’s opinion
• Moving to phoenix from the Bay Area
• Trauma was a motivator
• Filtering through the beliefs you grew up with
• Therapy is huge
• Dealing with manipulative people
  …. and the stress of flying with equipment

You can check out Sarah’s work at sarahhoagphotography.com

and on Social Media @sarahhoag

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Taylor shares a challenge from episode 14 of the About to Break podcast with Comedian and actress Julie Brister.

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Nick Paul joins me for our first ever crossover podcast! Nick hosts a great podcast called two magicians one mic.

In this episode Nick and I talk about:

• Moving from Florida to Los Angeles
• Driving to LA several times a week
• Taking improv with Maria Bamford
• The difference between magicians and comedians
• Drunk Magic Castle audiences
• Working cruise ships
• I had a nightmare show
• Lunch shows are the worst
• Battling what you love verses what pays the bills
• Become friends with people you were a fan of
• Collaboration is wonderful
• People thinking you have it easy as a performer
• You actually can make a living at this?
• When dinner is served during your show
• Feeling like your a sham
• Pitching other peoples podcasts
• Why we love the medium of podcasts
• Living in the moment
• Getting dressed up to go to Disneyland
• Trying to beat the Facebook algorithm
• Robots are taking over
• Being sent to a camp run by convicts
• How did we survive childhood?
• Finding hope in the midst of challenging times
• Being a good person onstage and offstage
• Doing a fringe festival show

…. and trying to figure out where do we go from here.

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See Taylor live at the Grab Bag Show in Santa Monica Sunday, September 17th

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Taylor shares something he learned from Tyrone Wells in episode 7 of the About to Break Podcast.

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Tyler Cordova is an incredible visual effects coordinator who has worked on incredible films for Marvel, Disney and more. We sat down to talk about the ups and downs of life in this biz.

In this episode Tyler and I talk about:

• His dad being a magician
• Going back to school to learn film
• Making movies with his friends in High School
• His first big gig was iron man 3
• You have to keep the passion going constantly
• working with directors to see their vision happen
• Dealing with Deadlines
• LA has the best food
• Being in the right place at the right time
• If you want it bad enough it will come find you
• Being wise about your pursuits
• Coming up with unconventional was to do what you do
• Being a Jack of all trades
• Remembering everyone's story is different

…. and struggling to suspend disbelief

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