My guest on Conversations with Close this month is a relative newcomer to the world of magic: Brazil’s Guilherme Silveira. You may have seen Guilherme on season seven of Fool Us, which aired during the summer. His routine featured an interesting wrinkle on using a smart phone in a prediction effect.

Guilherme’s background is in mathematics and software design. I met him last year, when he contacted me about an effect he was working on. We have had weekly sessions since then, and Guilherme has impressed me with his ingenuity and his ability to quickly absorb and implement the ideas we discuss.

He has been honing his presentational skills through free Zoom shows he does for family, friends, and business associates, and he is constantly working on new material.

I spoke to Guilherme via Zoom from his home in Brazil.