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The Insider

By Vanishing Inc. Magic

Vanishing Inc. is proud to share with you our magic podcast, The Insider. Interviews with the finest magicians in the world.
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Mar 01, 202430:00
Six Impossible Things Round Table Special

Six Impossible Things Round Table Special

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

Dec 19, 202236:00
Mortenn Christiansen

Mortenn Christiansen

FISM-winner Mortenn Christiansen joins us today to talk about, well, winning FISM, call backs, Danish things, and his upcoming appearance at The Session convention in London. 

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/

Dec 05, 202228:47
Craig Petty Part Two

Craig Petty Part Two

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

Nov 21, 202230:21
Craig Petty Part One

Craig Petty Part One

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

Nov 14, 202229:02
Dr Arthur Benjamin

Dr Arthur Benjamin

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!

Nov 07, 202229:60
Max Maven R.I.P.

Max Maven R.I.P.

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. 

Nov 02, 202229:54
Homer Liwag Part Two

Homer Liwag Part Two

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.

Oct 24, 202228:23
Homer Liwag Part One

Homer Liwag Part One

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/

Oct 10, 202229:09
Pete McCabe Part Two

Pete McCabe Part Two

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

Sep 26, 202230:21
Pete McCabe Part One

Pete McCabe Part One

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. 

Sep 12, 202226:22
Harry De Cruz

Harry De Cruz

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. 

Aug 29, 202231:45
John Bannon

John Bannon

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

Aug 15, 202230:47
Jack Parker Special with Andi Gladwin

Jack Parker Special with Andi Gladwin

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

Aug 01, 202231:20
Richard Turner

Richard Turner

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. 

May 23, 202231:03
Kyle Purnell

Kyle Purnell

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. 

May 16, 202229:54
Marc Paul Part Two

Marc Paul Part Two

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. 

May 02, 202237:32
Marc Paul Part One

Marc Paul Part One

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. 

Apr 25, 202230:00
Andy Nyman Part Two

Andy Nyman Part Two

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

Apr 18, 202238:08
Rune Klan Live At The Session

Rune Klan Live At The Session

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/

Apr 11, 202231:22
Andy Nyman Part One

Andy Nyman Part One

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!

Apr 04, 202231:48
Stephen Long
Mar 21, 202234:09
Yigal Mesika

Yigal Mesika

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

Mar 14, 202229:22
Roberto Giobbi

Roberto Giobbi

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

Mar 07, 202230:27
Justin Willman

Justin Willman

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

Feb 28, 202230:02
Lincoln Hiatt & Andrew Golder

Lincoln Hiatt & Andrew Golder

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 fooluscasting@gmail.com

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 don't require a live audience or a stage, but record the video as if you were performing in front of Penn and Teller / or via remote to our studio.
- Professional video is not necessary. Cell phone video is fine with clean picture and sound.

- We love original magical acts with novel and clever methods and/or presentation.
- Routines should be 3-5 minutes in length.
- Videos should be unedited.
- Please make sure we can see your face in the video, even for close up routines.
- For close up/card tricks, be sure the camera is close enough to read the cards.

- Send your trick to fooluscasting@gmail.com

- Production May 2-11.

- EXTENDED DEADLINE February 28, 2022

Feb 21, 202230:18
Andi Gladwin | Fool Us Special

Andi Gladwin | Fool Us Special

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.

Jan 10, 202231:06
Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

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. 

Dec 20, 202101:16
John Graham

John Graham

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

Dec 13, 202130:28
Tobias Dostal
Dec 06, 202127:48
Jeki Yoo

Jeki Yoo

Oh my! 

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

Nov 29, 202129:40
Jon Allen
Nov 15, 202130:38
Dr Matt Pritchard
Nov 08, 202129:07
Special Episode: David Copperfield's History Of Magic with David Copperfield and Richard Wiseman
Nov 01, 202150:01
Mat Franco

Mat Franco

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!

Oct 25, 202129:31
Mac King Part Two
Oct 11, 202127:20
Shh, Don't Tell Damian

Shh, Don't Tell Damian

I was never here... OK?

Oct 10, 202101:31
Mac King Part One

Mac King Part One

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.

Oct 04, 202127:06
Jason Ladanye
Sep 27, 202128:32
Joshua Jay
Sep 13, 202130:27
Christian Grace
Sep 06, 202128:44
Dani DaOrtiz

Dani DaOrtiz

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/

Aug 30, 202130:16
Jason England Part Two

Jason England Part Two

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.

Aug 02, 202133:26
Jason England Part One

Jason England Part One

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/

Jul 26, 202127:45
Steve Cohen Two

Steve Cohen Two

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

Jul 12, 202130:01
Tony Chang Part Two

Tony Chang Part Two

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.

Jul 05, 202128:29
Chris Kenner [Bonus Episode]
Jul 03, 202156:32
Tony Chang Part One

Tony Chang Part One

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. 

Jun 28, 202130:21
Derek Hughes Part Two
Jun 14, 202127:42