928: T.A.O.M. 2025 Convention Report from Dallas, Texas

<figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Friday, August 29, 20254:00 PM TAOM Board Meeting6:00 PM Dinner Buffet8:00 PM Dealer Exhibition 12:00 AM Midnight MadnessSaturday, August 30,20258:00 AM Breakfast9:30 AM Lecture11:00 AM Lecture12:30 PM Lunch2:00 PM Lecture4:00 PM lecture6:30 PM TAOM General Meeting and Memoriam7:00 PM Picnic BBQ Dinner Buffet8:00 PM A Night of Prestidigitation9:30 PM TAOM 2026 Convention and Swearing in of New TAOM Officers10:00 PM Midnight Madness <a data-title="Eric Hogue, TAOM 2025 President" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593498527-WTIZ2DQCA2KKMZFMYTVJ/IMG_4858.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Eric Hogue, TAOM 2025 President" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Peter the Adequate" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593481354-Q0Y39KON2B3P3MDZ82BG/IMG_4843.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Peter the Adequate" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Peter the Adequate" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593480868-JDKOQCMRRJH47FW1LHLA/IMG_4847.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Peter the Adequate" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Fabian and Grant Price" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593484657-SQQGCM8KCHK55YMR4NS9/IMG_4850.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Fabian and Grant Price" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Clark May" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593487520-U1JIN3Z3UZSEI8Q8EKKH/IMG_4851.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Clark May" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Trevor Duffy" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593487927-6SACJABHQ4O1FNMRSU3A/IMG_4854.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Trevor Duffy" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Trevor Duffy" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593492056-XDRP4NYPLUQKLHM77DFB/IMG_4856.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Trevor Duffy" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="John Carter" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593493559-MFMD241W8SCR1UF09TRA/IMG_4857.jpg" role="button" aria-label="John Carter" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Joshua Jay over Zoom" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593500830-SDFYT8M65WN7JIF9OTW5/IMG_4860.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Joshua Jay over Zoom" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Scott Hollingsworth" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593504655-CH9GF4TX2ALSLJL9VPV6/IMG_4861.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Scott Hollingsworth" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Gene Protas" data-description="" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756593507472-2GGDUF3VWA1ET35Q3PPU/IMG_4862.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Gene Protas" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Kent Cummins" data-description="&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;white-space:pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Kent tearing up as he first learns of being awarded with the Legend of Magic&lt;/p&gt;" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756613561212-1J2I5X7DGLXUIDSC9ZOQ/IMG_4863.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Kent Cummins" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize <a data-title="Kent Cummins and Eric Hogue" data-description="&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;white-space:pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Kent receiving the Legend in Magic award&lt;/p&gt;" data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514e3e26e4b023ca28fd5cc8/1756613562191-5XRH0KS95M26BHRCT1T5/IMG_4866.jpg" role="button" aria-label="Kent Cummins and Eric Hogue" class=" image-slide-anchor js-gallery-lightbox-opener content-fill " > View fullsize Time Stamps for this episode: 00:00:17 – announcement of winners from recent contest for the book “Practicing the Art of Magic” who were: Gary Weimer, Gary Freidrich, George Reis, Nicholas Nardi, Alison Homburger, and Greg Youngs.00:02:46 – Kent Cummins joins me in the car drive to Dallas for the convention as we talk about our expectations and Kent’s experiences of past conventions.00:16:37 – Eric Hogue is the President of this year’s event and he tells us what to expect and some of the challenges he has had over the past year in planning this.00:25:54 – Clark May, owner of the Rabbit in Hat magic shop in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. This is his first T.A.O.M. convention and he tells us why it’s taken so long to get here.00:37:11 – From South Africa, Trevor Duffy joins us to talk about his nationwide lecture tour. He is a dealer at this convention.00:47:02 – a brief overview of what happened so far, then we talk with John Carter who is an avid magic collector and was one of the people to helped Chip Romero put together the Doug Henning exhibit at MAGIC Live! He tells us about that experience.00:54:38 – more updates on what the morning brought us. Scott Hollingsworth, Entertainment Director of Houston’s Magic Island, who brings us up to date on the October 1st opening of the Magic Island.01:03:14 – Gene Protas will be the T.A.O.M. President for 2026 who already has the talent planned and everything else you need to know like hotel, registration, and more.01:08:37 – Now Past President, Eric Hogue and Scott wraps up the convention as Eric tells us how he felt the day went for him. TAOM 2025 Showcase Report Scott Wells with Kent Cummins, Eric Hogue, Trevor Duffy, John Carter, Scott Hollingsworth, Clark May, and Gene Protas Download Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " >