The Insider

What a treat! The producers of Fool Us drop by to talk about how the show started, what they are looking for in acts, how to apply and some incredible, specific advice on increasing your chances of selection. 

And here's how to apply: 

Final Call for season 9.  Casting deadline Feb 28.

Send submissions to [email protected]

Also some announcements and a little bit of behind the scenes on instagram - @ptfoolus

And here are the submission guidelines:

Submission guidelines:

- Please submit a recording of your routine as you would perform it on our show. Unlisted links to vimeo or youtube are preferred.

- We love original magical acts with novel and clever methods and/or presentation.

- Send your trick to [email protected]

- Production May 2-11.

- EXTENDED DEADLINE February 28, 2022

Vanishing Inc. Cofounder, Andi Gladwin was just on Fool Us. Join us for a special edition before the next season starts to go Inside Baseball for Andi’s recent appearance on Penn and Teller’s Fool Us.

We chat about getting to America during a pandemic, mysterious George, practise, method, history and much more.

We're going to take a short break for a few weeks and come back in 2022 for Season Eight. You look after yourselves out there. And Happy Holidays. 

John Graham joins me to discuss moving your show from close-up to stage or parlour in this fascinating chat. 

Ahead of his upcoming appearance at The Session in a few weeks, I grab some Tobias Time to talk light, shadows, creativity, art and more. 

And as promised, here's the link to Josh's podcast: https://www.audioup.com/shows/howmagiciansthink

Oh my! 

Jeki and I talk about creativity in captivity, crafting, gimmicks, being married to a magician and more. 

Jon Allen and I chat about his book, [Experience: The Magic Of Jon Allen](https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/stage-and-parlor-magic/experience-softback/), about creating magic, about solving problems and about how Jason Alexander was surprised he was good. 

Jon will be appearing at The Session 2022. 

Book your ticket here. 

Dr Matt Pritchard is a scientist and a magician. In this very interesting chat, we discuss how to make magic more surprising, inclusion, delaying the how and prolonging the wow and of course, his amazing small scale illusions on social media.

Matt wants more Instagram followers, so be sure to check him out at www.instagram.com/sciencemagician

David Copperfield has a new book out, written with Richard Wiseman and David Britland. And it is excellent. In this special, extended episode, David and Richard join me to chat about piracy, Houdin and technology, women in magic, Malini and methods to improve every aspect of your own magic. 

Order your copy of the book here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/david-copperfields-history-of-magic/

Mat and I chat about how to make intimate magic play on a big stage, creativity, luck, the college circuit and the story behind who really came up with the idea of Mel B's phone being in a seat cover!