The Insider

To end the current season of the show, here's a very special round table discussion with Joshua Jay and the team that made Six Impossible Things, well, possible. 

Starring: Joshua Jay, Matt Szat, Jason Silberman, Kevin Kapinos and Cassandra Nemzer

At the time of writing this, there are less than 50 tickets left. If you want to come and see Mortenn's act, don't delay!

https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-conventions/the-session/

Craig and I continue our chat. We discuss his tricks, travelling back in time to meet Dai Vernon, and much more. 

In an incredibly open and honest discussion, Craig talks about the mistakes he has made - and what he has learned from them. 

Math genius Art Benjamin chats to us about magic squares, James Randi, what he'll be performing at The Session and even does a live trick on your host!

On this horribly sad day, we thought re-uploading this 2019 interview with Max would be a fitting thing to do. 

Let's remember what he gave us, not what we have lost. 

Homer is back for part two.

Come for the magic, but stay for the amazing iPhone photography tips, how to stand out, Homer’s admiration of David Williamson, him tipping his restaurant act. What JJ Abrams said when he saw the show, what challenges him today, what he’s teaching in his Masterclass and how he’ll explain how to improve your lighting with no budget!

And his favorite movie.

We're honored that Homer Liwag is giving his first ever lecture on Vanishing Inc. Masterclass in November. Homer was also kind enough to record this interview where we talk about pushing yourself, taking risks, lighting, David Copperfield and the CGI nature of his coin magic.

As explained in the intro, you can buy Homer's Vanishing Inc. Masterclass for $75 here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/masterclass/homer-liwag-masterclass/

Or, if you want to save yourself $25, subscribe to VI Monthly and get all of Homer's lectures, plus access to VI Studio (our curated streaming library), plus free shipping with no minimum spend: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/vanishing-inc-monthly/

Welcome back to part two of this fascinating chat with Pete McCabe. We talk in detail about character, comedy and more. 

Pete McCabe, author of Scripting Magic 1&2 sits down to discuss, amongst other things, scripting magic! IKR! He also tackles head on people's biggest misconception about scripts in magic that will change the way you think about scripting forever. 

Harry De Cruz has a fascinating story to tell already, and he is only about 14, or something annoying. Listen to tales of Dynamo, Edinburgh and his own journey to be a performer in his own right. 

John and I chat about self-working tricks, his book recommendations and what is wrong and right with the state of magic today. 

To celebrate the launch of 52 Explorations, Andi Gladwin remembers his friend, Jack Parker. 

A fascinating chat with the incredible Richard Turner. Find out about how he got started, how he met The Professor, sessioning with Jennings, Cervon, Charlie Miller and more. We discuss practising, performing and of course, playing cards. 

Kyle Purnell joins us to chat about creativity, his process for working, his new release, and we test how quickly the mythical George responds to email. 

Welcome to part two of our amazing podcast with Marc Paul. We chat about the impact Covid had on his work and how he used it to his advantage creating brand new acts, that famous Parkinson appearance, mentalism things he would banish to Room 101 and more. 

We chat about how Marc got started, the London scene in the 90s, his friendship with Andy Nyman, a very honest story about pretending to be a "real" psychic and what books he'd recommend. 

Part Two of the amazing Andy Nyman. As with part one, there are swears, so parental guidance if listening around small children!

To start Rune Klan week, here's a revisit of the amazing live interview he kindly gave at The Session 2020. In it, he talks about creativity, tricks, and his show Barnløs, which we have just realised as a digital download: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/stage-and-parlor-magic/barnlos/

We'll be doing The Insider live at The Session 2022. Who will be the guest? Come and be part of the live audience this July: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-conventions/the-session/

It's Andy Nyman! What else do you need to know? 

This is part one of two, and this is marked as explicit because there are plenty of swears in it. Do not listen if small kids are around!

Yigal very rarely does interviews, and we're honored he agreed to do our podcast. 

Come for the tips on thread work, stay for the insights into Spider Pen X, his beginnings and the real history of Loops. 

https://yigalmesika.com

Roberto Giobbi stops by to talk about Card College, note-keeping and so much more.  

Justin Willman stops by to chat about Magic For Humans, people guessing methods on the internet, his mysterious twin brother and more. 

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. 

Oh my! 

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

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!

I was never here... OK?

In part one of this interview, Mac discusses his early days at Mr Caufield’s store and magic club, his new theater, who has been in the bear suit, making bits play for adults and kids, how to keep your show fresh, and changing up methods.

A fascinating start to season six. We discuss Dani's seemingly informal approach to performance, The Spanish School, a lesson from Juan, how to improve your force, the importance of copying your heroes, and what to expect from his upcoming Masterclass: Live which starts this Sunday. (September 5th, 2021).

https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/masterclass/dani-daortiz-masterclass-live/

Welcome to part two of the interview with Jason England. We discuss Vernon’s Fingerprint Trick, an amazing lesson for us all from Steve Forte, how to practise, how to improve your second deal and what he’ll be covering during his month’s residency for Masterclass: Live.

Jason England joins us to talk Erdnase, Ricky Jay, his amazing collection of gambling devices and the importance of lists. Part two next Monday.

Jason's Masterclass: Live starts this Sunday, August 1st. If you want to learn from a master on how to do seconds, bottoms, crimps and shuffles and how to apply them to magic, you need to be part of this! You can just buy this month, but for the best pricing, you should subscribe. And with Dani DaOrtiz, Jason Ladanye, Kainoa Harbottle and Mike Piascotta coming up next, it's a no-brainer really.

https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/masterclass/jason-england-masterclass-live/

Steve Cohen joins us for a second go on the podcast. 

Join us for a fascinating chat about starting up his show again, practise, Max Malini, why he doesn’t do “big prop” tricks, and his rare, upcoming appearance at Magifest.

And as promised, the link to the violin player he recommended is: https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de

In the second part of this interview, we discuss hiding the moves you spend so long working on, how to make your magic better, stories about Gabi and tips from The Jerx.

It's #TonyChangWeek

Double VI Points on the downloads we'll be featuring on our socials on #MoveMonday, #TrickyTuesday and #FullPerformanceFriday. 

In this first part of the interview, we discuss why on earth he works so hard on perfection, the NYC magic scene and angles.