I Definitely Intend to Experience Personal Growth with Rebecca Spectre

It's always nice when a guest is as afraid of death as I am. Bona fide magician Rebecca Spectre, who I know from her time as a standup comedian, joins me for the rare in-person conversation about how she'd like to be remembered and her well-examined reasons for performing magic.Content warning: magic, the corn kid, self-skepticism, egotistical funeral.Patreon supporters make This Is Your Afterlife possible and get awesome bonus episodes. Become an Afterhead at patreon.com/davemaher. Follow Rebecca on Instagram to find out about her shows and classes at @rebeccaspectremagic. And you can book her for private events by visiting her website, rebeccaspectremagic.com.Catch her live this month (March 2023) at the Chicago Magic Lounge on March 16, 17, 19, 21, and 28!And see me at my first live event in 17 months this Friday, March 17, 2023! I'll be talking to previous TIYA guest Madeline Lane-McKinley about her book, Comedy Against Work, at Pilsen Community Books at 7pm.Subscribe to my newsletter, Definitive Answers, for weekly personal and culture essays, plus music recs. And follow me @thisisdavemaher on Twitter and Instagram.---Music = Future: "Use Me" / James Blackshaw: "The Cloud of Unknowing" / Johnnie Frierson: "Miracles"

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