MWB Conversations

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how they two actually got connected through our guest Ryan Bart, one of our most wonderful connections, because he has been personally involved in almost all of our programs, including: Starting two education chapters (one in Colombia, another one in El Salvador) traveling to India, and doing three TEDx Talks about our programs, and these are just of the few things he has done for us. We will talk about the start of this wonderful friendship in 2012.

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how we started delegating the program to volunteers, following the steps of our first ever year long local program with volunteers that live in the place that they do the classes. One of our greatest endeavors was thanks to Kyle Dickey, a Fulbright scholarship recipient who wanted to take our program to Uberlandia, Brazil during his year there we will get to know all of his adventures during that year in 2018.

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how we got to know the wonderful Jen Kramer a Yale T heather major, an accomplished Las Vegas resident performer at the Westgate in Las Vegas and a advocate for our cause. She joined us in our first ever Magic Service Trip to India in 2017

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how important it is to keep a connection with a new generation of magicians, and how important t is to keep rejuvenating the inspiration, and how that got us in contact with Alex Posner our Vice President responsible of many of our programs and connections with many wonderful adventures we have had and surely will have.

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how over the past 4 years we have created what we call Magic Service Trips and they started with our connection with the Yale Magic Society, and with them we have traveled to India, Costa Rica, Colombia and South Africa, (all places where we have education chapters) We will be joined by Aden Goolsbee the current president of the Yale Magic society and talk with her about the impact of those trips on their members.

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about how it feels to see the program growing, giving up control, even when you have not met the people doing the work face to face. We will talk about our newest program in El Salvador in Ahuachapán and we will be talking with our Head Local Magician: Mario Sierra about his challenges in putting this program together, and why it makes sense to have it in Ahuachapán with the help of our local partner KOIKA. Also we will be joined with a student of Mario's, her name is Kimberly. She is an amazing student and has come a long way in a short time.

Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about more details and wonderful stories on our first ever Education Chapter in Santa Ana El Salvador, we will talk about the recurring trips to Santa Ana. We will speak to our friend Devente Rosero who gave us the strength to go on a recurring bases to El Salvador and helped us as a volunteer teacher flying multiple times to El Salvador, and if everything works out fine we will have on one of our first ever beneficiaries, Peter Rodriguez from Santa Ana, El Salvador, he has had an experience as one of our students and after he was one of the first teachers of a new Chapter with another local partner Glasswing.

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Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about MWB first ever Education Chapter in Santa Ana El Salvador, we will discus how that came about, how our local partner at the time Asaprosar helped us get this started, and we will have 2 guests on. Michael Six Muldoon former vice president of MWB who help us as a volunteer teacher flying multiple times to El Salvador, and one of our first ever beneficiaries, Maricela Medina from Santa Ana, El Salvador, she has had an experience as one of our students and after she was one of the first teachers of a new Chapter with another local partner Glasswing

Video from Michael Six trips to El Salvador

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Join us this week in a conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about their recent trip to South Africa. How did they end up there, their adventures/shows plus they will be joined by our Head Local Magician in Cape Town: Jacques Le Seuer who will share all about his story in magic all the way to starting a MWB Education chapter in the slums of Cape Town.

Pictures shared in the episode: https://tinyurl.com/ybsdeujl

Video of our recent trip to South Africa: https://youtu.be/zIgXfQhJR4Q?list=PLGNcoK0Yiv_0eAcUdtdYGSdE1XkENEEoi

Join us this week on a great conversation with Carlos López our Global Programs Director and Tom Verner our founder about the importance of performing for people who have lost their home, they'll talk about why it's important to do magic for people that don't have a home like refugees and orphanages. Also we will have our first guest Felipe Costa aka Pollo a world renowned magic performer, mostly kids magic, who will share some of his stories on the subject on his experiences with indigenous refugees in Colombia.