The Podcast of Illusion is all about the great traditions of circus entertainment.

Why do most of us love illusion? I think it is because most of us don't believe it is possible and enjoy being surprised, again and again, as master illusionists play to our weaknesses and trick us time after time. I know I was expecting to crack the code of illusion at the Circus Of Illusion, but I didn't. The man behind the illusion is Michael Boyd, illusionist, and he joins us now ... well, he was here a second ago ...

We also meet, Daniel Gorski (juggler), Duban Nickol (visual, comic clown), Elissa Cadwell (Aerialist), and Stephan Le Forestier (mime artist).

We discuss

The brashness of the name, Circus of ILLUSION
Take home magic
The history of illusion
Two ways of watching magic
Patience, persistance and precision - secret to juggling and life
Steve's definition of mime: The art where the curtain is pulled back from the heart

Also appearing in the podcast of illusion episode

Michael Boyd and the Circus Of Illusion crew

We hear about Gorge Road and the passing of Dave Flanagan

In the musical pilgrimage, there are Secrets Up Our Sleeves

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Teusner.

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on

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The Great Detective Episode opens with a bunch of people crammed into a small office late at night, when there is a knock at the door and a beautiful dame walks in with makeup ruined by tears ...

Tonight, we re-live the era when radio was the ultimate theatre of the mind: the 1950s. Thanks to Preachrs Podcast Online and On Stage, Adelaide is about to have a return season of Great Detectives Of Old Time Radio Live at Tandanya until October 9.

We discuss

The appeal of radio plays
The art of learning accents
How radio plays differ from books and movies
How modern audiences adapt to this entertainment

Also appearing in the great detective podcast episode

We hear about the way trousers can change lives

In the musical pilgrimage, Stu Daniels will consult is Black Book

The SA Drink Of The Week is from Bickfords - Bickford and Sons Sparkling Range.

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on Radio Plays in Adelaide

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Tonight, we are recording in an actual Man Cave, where we will be exploring the myth, the energy and the creativity that evolves in such places.. You've no doubt heard about man caves and we came close when we had Tim Pine on our show in episode 86, but tonight it is the real deal. Dougal McFuzzlebutt is Man 1, he is known around town for all things food and food photography, Tom Northcott is Man 2, he is the executive winemaker from Howard Vineyard, whose 2010 Amos Cabernet Franc was our SA Drink Of The Year in 2013, and Man 3 is Ivan Tomic, who runs The Roaming Spit.

We discuss

The Manchen approach to recipes
How to cook meat over an open fire
The real life of a winemaker

Also appearing in the Night at the Manchen episode

We hear about the Bay To Birdwood vs the floods

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track by Dino Jag

The SA Drink Of The Week is from Howard Vineyard.

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on

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Close your eyes and imagine a documentary about a rock star. Imagine the way they pan across still photos while the narrator shares stories about the artist. When I do this exercise, I think of Janis Joplin on her knees, Elvis Presley with beads of perspiration dripping from his forehead and cheeks, and Freddie Mercury punching the sky in front of a blazing wall of lights. Still images like these, the ones that make it to print and get etched into our cultural memories, are the ones that capture the essence of the performer and their performance. Our two guests tonight are masters of the lens. Leonard Choice is a New Yorker who lives in Adelaide. He switched from anatomy to fine arts at an early age, then became a performer, moved on to become an event creator and nowadays is a photographer and author with another book due for release. Paul Heck has a PhD in Photography and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Politics, who travels the state on photography assignments. He has run a successful glass art business, worked in Vocational Education and Training, been a member of the CFS for 36 years, and is even a high-performance motorcycle technician.

Leonard Choice and Paul Heck,

We discuss

The role of shadow in photography
Printed images vs virtual
How to shoot in low light
Can anybody take a great photograph
Upcoming lessons with Leonard and Paul
Leonard's new book

Also appearing in the Adelaide photography masterclass episode

We hear about Nigel's dalliance in the desert

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track by Ben Searcy

The SA Drink Of The Week is from Fox Creek.

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on

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Pokemon GO has dominated the collective imagination for three months now, rekindling memories of youth for children of the 90s and reawakening the spirit of playtime for other generations. Some have argued Pokemon GO fascination borders on obsession with a suggestion that obsession is something new. Here at the Game Obsession Expo in Mannum, we're being reminded that obsession predates Pokemon and will outlive it too. But can it be healthy? Let's find out with the man behind the expo, secretary of the Mannum Show, Gavin Pitman.

We discuss

Red Sonja
Chainmail outfits
Country shows
Local honey
Collecting
Role Play and gaming in regional areas

Also appearing on Game Obsession Mannum

Our guests include:

Gavin Pitman - treasurer Mannum Show and collector

Chris Berkin, apiarist and Warhammer enthusiast

Firebear, chainmail maker

SA Quidditch Association's Danni McCormick and Kirsty Lucas

In the musical pilgrimage, Dan Drummond is onto the dopamine game!

The SA Drink Of The Week is a honey. Yes, you heard that right!

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on games

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Half a million show goers can't be wrong! One of the world's most successful Shows, the Royal Adelaide Show, opens its gates this Friday and will run over two weekends. Around 500,000 people are expected to do what South Australians have done since 1840, and spend some time at "the show". Tonight, we have former chairman of The Royal Adelaide Show, Richard Fewster and current general manager of the Royal Adelaide Show and Adelaide Wine Show, Michelle Hocking.

We discuss

How to get the most out of a Show visit
Why the Show began
Why exhibitors keep coming
How the Show board keeps it all relevant
What people get up to on the Ferris Wheel

Also appearing on the Royal Adelaide Show episode

We get to taste the SA Gourmet Goodie Bag

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track that would suit sideshow alley after dark from Calling Utopia

The SA Drinks Of The Week are

In IS IT NEWS, Michael tests us on The Royal Adelaide Show

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It is our 3rd anniversary episode, as calculated by Nigel Dobson-Keeffe.

When Steve had a major birthday milestone this year, he asked a handful of close friends to come for dinner and to bring a eulogy for him. They were recorded in secret and have been edited by Michael to share in tonight's program. He had not heard them yet. You and he will hear them together, for the first time.

He believes we should all write and record eulogies for our friends and present them at birthdays, and then update them as each year passes. It would spark deeper levels of conversation between us (for most of us) and give us time to steer our ships back from danger or to forge on towards worthy treasures.

To discuss this tonight, we have Brett Williams, Steve's longest serving friend, who is a former Anglican priest and is now a systems/family therapist at Adelaide Night And Day Therapy, and Andrew Reimer, one of his radio buddies who is now also a sought-after celebrant.

We hear eulogies by:

Brett Williams
Michael Shanahan
Simon Butters
Adam Claridge
Nigel Dobson-Keeffe


We discuss

The importance of ritual
The three things to say to our loved ones ritually each day
What to include and exclude from eulogies
How to deal with tears

Also appearing:

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track written by our musical curator and sung by Alan O'Toole from the Shambolics

The SA Drinks Of The Week are supplied by Andrew Reimer

In IS IT NEWS, Michael tests us on death

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The shortest route from paddock to plate is when you grow food in your own garden. Tonight's guest, Kate Punshon, is a former restaurateur who is now an agrarian adventurer, nurturing endangered flavours and trying to do so with an ever diminishing impact upon the planet. She writes at Roots, Recipes and Reasons but tonight, we've planted ourselves in her kitchen to discover what ideas and insights we can help sprout.

We discuss

Planning a food garden
Rule number one of gardening - love it - devote time
You are nurturing
Gardening is an extension of you
Prepare yourself and your soil
Apple struper
How to preserve foods

Our guest reporter, AJ, catches up with Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton of Treehouse Series fame, at the launch of the 78 Storey Treehouse book. Apologies to Terry, in Steve's intro, recorded Tuesday night, he thought only Andy was going to be available, so please forgive us.
Also appearing on our gardens and treehouses episode

Kate Pun-shin - Roots, Recipes and Reasons

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton talk fun fiction with a simple but profound purpose

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track from Hannah Yates

The SA Drinks Of The Week are two interesting whites from Bremerton Wines

In IS IT NEWS, Michael tests us on pickles

News about another place where you'll find us this week

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If you work for or run an organisation, do you know what percentage of your leadership team needs to be female for you to boost your financial performance and improve employee productivity and engagement? It is not 100 per cent. Nor is it 75 per cent. Nor is it 50 per cent. According to research, the critical threshold is just 30 per cent. To understand what that means and to get an update on our progress towards closing the gender gap throughout society, we have turned to Dr Gemma Munro, CEO and founder of Inkling Women.

We discuss

Executive level gender gap
Gender gaps at home
Leadership styles
Boobs
Pay rate discrimination
Julia Gillard misogyny speech
Former Saatchi and Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts
Person, Partner, Parent
Singing with the Rolling Stones
Breaking negative self-talk
Leaning into discomfort

Also appearing on our Case For Gender Equity episode

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track from Caramigo

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Nero D'Avola from Fox Gordon

In IS IT NEWS, Michael tests us on attitudes to women in leadership

News about another place where you'll find us this week

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The Adelaide Guitar Festival is the largest of its kind in Australia and it runs next weekend, August 11 to 14. The Festival will celebrate the high art of classical guitar to the kneeslapping delights of bluegrass, stopping at every fret and note in between. Sarah Bleby from the Festival joins us tonight along with blues legend and Guitars In Bars performer, Cal Williams Junior.

We discuss

Guitar puns
The Guitar Festival, Guitars In Bars
Adelaide - UNESCO City Of Music
Surviving as a muso in Adelaide
How to learn guitar, the clever, Cal Williams Jnr way
History of the guitar
Blues and slavery music
Eric Bogle
Guitar, the most popular instrument
Should you lubricate your fingers?

Also appearing with our Adelaide Guitar Festival banter

In the musical pilgrimage, we hear a track from a gun guitarist, Matt Stillert

The SA Drink Of The Week is a Sidewood Adelaide Hills Shiraz

In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on guitars in Adelaide

News about Nigel and I playing games in Mannum

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