The Insider

Hello and welcome back to The Insider! Nice to be here. 

I think this episode is a rarity. It's the first of a 2-part interview with the amazing mentalist Doug Dyment. When I was researching him for the show, there's very little online to go on. He keeps himself to himself. So I hope you enjoy spending some time in his company. 

As promised in the show, here's a link to his site: https://www.deceptionary.com and here is the link to the questions to ask yourself about your character: https://www.deceptionary.com/performance.html

If you'd not noticed, we're also trying video of the show now, so the video of this will be on the VI blog and on our YouTube channel. Let me know if you like the video, or if you prefer just the audio. You can drop me a line at [email protected]

Here's a little treat for you. A throwback episode way back to the 4th show! We had Ben Seidman on then, and he was inspiring, funny and smart. 

Which is exactly what he will be on Wednesday January 6th when he shares his amazing virtual show "Camera Tricks" with hundreds of magicians around the world.

It's like a gala show at a convention, but you don't have to leave your home. 

Come join in the fun and get the best seat for the show vanishingincmagic.com/showtime

Michael and I continue our conversation from last week. 

In the first of a two-part episode, Michael Close and I talk about memdeck work, an incredible video from the 90s of him performing what clearly is the best card trick ever seen on TV, how to get on Fool Us, mistakes people make when applying to be on the show and the thing about the ring…

Links:

Demystifying The Memdeck - https://www.michaelclose.com/pages/demystifying-the-memdeck-targeted-training

Best card trick ever seen on television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zYLyjFwagk

Garret Ring Situation explained in detail - https://www.patreon.com/posts/43691718

Ever wondered what Andi's first magic book was?

What Josh's favorite book that VI published is?

What George thinks is the most challenging book to produce was?

All this and more will be answered in this episode. 

Sorry about George and Joshua's audio. I tidied it up as best I could. 

Jack shares half an hour of his time in a rare interview to talk about gambling, angles, using gaffs, and a hilarious tale about a money game...

Jonathan Levit joins us today and we talk about Ricky Jay, tips for virtual shows, teaching magic for movies and more.

As promised in the show, here is a link to Jonathan's favorite musician, his ladyfriend, Kasey Lansdale: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TEsJcvC1ratvxRrXYEcg8?autoplay=true

Welcome to this special episode of the show. Recorded live, yesterday evening. This was live streamed out to Facebook and YouTube and is an AMA with Andi and Josh. They were asked from really genuinely tough questions and some really interesting ones too. Oh, and I clicked the wrong button in the software at one point.

My guest today burst onto the magic scene with smash hit releases like Dress Code, had a huge magic prank show and then went on to consult for the biggest magicians and tv shows in the world. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation. 

Muti-award winning magician, creator and author Nick Einhorn is my guest this week. We talk about how a product gets released, why entering competitions can be good for you, how being nice is useful and the good old days demming for Marvin's Magic.