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Of Sleights and Men
by thedailymagician
Of Sleights and Men is ALL about thinking differently; the more we learn, the more interesting and innovative our magic/life is. We bring on magicians (and other guests) and ask them questions, in a relaxed setting, we guarantee you've never heard before.
Episodes
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6 Things We NEED to Share About Magic Live 2026
In this podcast, we share our top 6 things we loved about Magic Live. Giving you a behind-the-scenes look at what has fast become our best convention experience.
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Reacting to our Wedding Magic - An Uncut Full Breakdown
In this podcast, we break down our wedding magic, sharing secrets, critiques and more! For regular performing magicians, this will be a podcast you love! Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/IjLGePM42ko?si=egNqYyfklZ_HQ7Hp Get Sketch Artist here: https://downandoutmagic.com/ Get Steno here:...
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Vanshy - Juan Tamariz School, Vetinary Surgery vs Magic and Creating Your Own Show
Vanshy was an incredible guest who shared some insights we think you'll all love. He's a vet, he want to Juan Tamariz's school and he has his own show. Listen now!
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Steven Faulkner - Top 3 Tricks of This Year, Pros vs Hobbyists and Creating Magic Content
In this podcast with Steven Faulkner we go into his favorite tricks of the year, the difference in pros vs hobbyists and how he creates consistent popular magic content.
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Chris Rawlins & Brad Hodgins - Everything You Need To Know About Card Games
Check out their work here: https://www.hiddengames.store/ A pleasure to host them and talk about their incredibly unique work in the form of Card Games. Check out our other podcast with Chris Rawlins here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-89rs9-1881ef9
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Atlas Brookings - Our Favorite Mentalist (Extended Podcast)
Listen to this podcast with world-renowned mentalist Atlas Brookings. If you want to see the video version of the podcast, go here: https://youtu.be/AGQwNNR5TlU?si=m0jujLJ3hgzL0NBQ Sign up to hear about Decoherence here: https://thedailymagician.com/decoherence
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Dustin Grimm - He Will Change The Way You View Magic (A Must Listen)
Get a free tutorial when you sign up here: https://thedailymagician.com/dustin Follow Dustin on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dustins_magic_vault/ Enjoy the podcast!
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Joel Pablos - Creating The Best Triumph Ever, Magic as True Art and Spanish Magic
Check out Joel Pablos work here: https://www.joelpablos.com/product-page/i-hate-f-g-triumphs-joel-pablos Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/joel_pablos/
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Best Products of Blackpool Magic Convention 2026 - Your 10 Minute Recap
Get the Blackpool deal here: https://thedailymagician.com/blackpool Enjoy our very quick-fire recap of the Blackpool Magic Convention!
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Gaia Elisa Rossi - Prison Reform with Magic, Youngest Italian Magic Champion, FISM Finalist
Gaia Elisa Rossi is the youngest Italian magic champion and the only female to have ever won the title. At just 24 years old, she has taken part in prestigious theatre shows and television programs throughout the world, receiving awards and enriching her artistic repertoire through the study of...
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Daniel Roy - Neuroscience and magic, What it Takes to Have a Parlour Show in New York and Creating Viral Magic Content
This podcast was originally recorded in 2023. We're delighted to finally share it with you. Daniel Roy is one of the most entertaining, well-spoken, and fascinating guests we've had the pleasure of interviewing. See Daniel’s NYC Show: https://parlourofdeceptions.com Card Magic 101 (online…
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Blaise Serra - One of the Most Talented CardMagicians on Earth... and This is Just the Beginning.
Blaise Serra is an absolutely incredible card magician based out of New York. In this podcast, we talk about everything from the origin of his magic, to FISM, to New York's magic speakeasy. You don't want to miss this.
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FISM 2025 Recap
A very belated recap of FISM 2025. Get all the behind-the-scenes here!
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Chris Wojtowich (Woj Magic) - 60+ Million Views Vanishing Lazer Discs, The Secrets Behind the Viral Sensation
Step into the wild world of Woj Magic — where virality meets authenticity. Join us as we sit down with Chris Wojtowich, the mastermind behind the viral CD vanishes that are everywhere on TikTok. From hilarious off-the-cuff content to deeply personal stories, Chris shares the highs, lows, and...
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Josh Burch - An Inside Look at Penguin Magic and the Best Magician in Utah
Josh Burch's magic has been seen on Netflix, The CW, and CBS. He is a world-class close-up magician and illusion designer. By many accounts, he is the BEST magician in Utah! He can be seen all across the country entertaining celebrities and VIP's at private parties and corporate events. In 2025,...
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Maria Schwieter – The Nurse Magician Empowering Children with Wonder
Maria Schwieter grew up on a mission in Bolivia, where she discovered her love for magic and began performing at a young age. Now a full-time nurse, she’s spent her life blending healing and wonder—using magic not only to entertain, but to empower children across Bolivia. In this episode, she...
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Magic Alon - The Best Free Community in Magic?
Alon is part of the team behind one of the fastest-growing and best magic communities in the art. He's an incredibly passionate guy who built his community from nothing, but has now attracted the attention of Geraint Clarke, Murphy's Magic, Craig Petty and more! Genuinely, you will enjoy…
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Magic Q&A (Sleight of Hand, Learning Mentalism and More!)
In this episode, we go over a bunch of community-submitted questions. Such as how to learn sleight of hand with bad motor control, the best resources for learning mentalism, and much more! Here are links to a few of the projects mentioned... Check out 'iRis' here…
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Rating the best A.C.A.A.N.s (And coming up with new methods!)
Check out Trek here: https://thedailymagician.com/trek-acaan Check out Skyscraper 2.0 here: https://thedailymagician.com/the-skys... Get 24 magic books for free here: https://www.thedailymagician.com/books
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Daniel Prado - Sleight of Hand Artist, Musician, Performer and More!
Born in Brazil in 1979, Daniel is a multi-talented artist who utilizes his creativity to enhance his magic in a unique way. His background as a musician and visual artist makes his magic a complete experience. Daniel has been working as a creator for ten years, developing original techniques and...
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Alessandro Parabiaghi (Alex Magic) - How to Make Street Magic Your Living
Alessandro Parabiaghi is one of Italy’s most talented and influential magicians on social media, with over 580,000 YouTube subscribers and 120,000 Instagram followers. His journey began in 2011 with his YouTube channel, where he amazed strangers with incredible Street Magic performances. Over the...
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Patrick Kun - The First Magic Shows in Thailand and the Best FISM Ever
If you're interested in entering the FISM competition, time will be up VERY soon, so please enter here: https://www.fismitaly2025.com/online-magic/ Patrick has consulted with several major magicians such as David Copperfield, Cyril Takayama & David Blaine. Patrick has been performing magic...
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Chris Rawlins - A True Underground Magician
In this podcast, we talk with Chris Rawlins, a mentalist who you really can only properly get to know through this podcast. He's not on social media, and he doesn't even want you to find his site. We really enjoyed this one, and we think you will too! Listen now!
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What is the Best Every Day Carry in Magic?
In this podcast, we discuss what we think is the best EDC in magic!
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Avi Yap - "I moved to Japan with nothing, now I work for Cyril Takayama"
Avi Yap shares one of the craziest and most inspiring stories we've ever heard in magic. Genuinely, his personal journey is one of a kind. From magic saving his life after a horrendous injury to how he randomly bumped into Cyril in a bar to the mind behind some of the most visual, original, and...
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Christopher Barker - How to Change Your Community With Magic
Christopher learned his first card trick in college after meeting a magician in Edinburgh, Scotland. Soon after, he bought his first magic book and started practicing and performing at a pizza parlor. Now, Christopher is a high school Spanish teacher with 10+ years of classroom and coaching...
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Jigar Solanki - The Best Mentalist in India?
Jigar is without a doubt one of the most talented mentalists in India. And very recently, his social media has been EXPLODING! We were delighted to welcome him onto our podcast.
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Giacomo Bigliardi - Journalist, Rising Star and Incredible Creator
Giacomo Bigliardi burst onto the magic scene in recent times with his incredible style of card magic. We first met him at Blackpool 2024 and were delighted to finally get him on the podcast. This podcast features questions such as: What magic is like in Italy? How to grow your personal magic…
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Magician Zenia - India's Leading Female Magician
Introducing Zenia, India’s leading female magician, and a true global sensation! She's a world-renowned celebrity magician, winner of several national and & international awards. She has enchanted audiences in more than 10 countries, Zenia’s awe-inspiring performances have earned her the...
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Why Every Magician Should Perform A Book Test
In this podcast, we go over our top 5 favorite book tests and describe our experiences performing our completely original method for a book test on the streets in Manchester!
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Geraint Clarke - Real Talk with Ellusionist CEO
In our podcast we talked about: What it takes to perform street magic day in day out? What actually happened with the ‘back to black’ controversy? What are your favorite projects you’ve released at your time at Ellusionist? Where do you see the magic industry going in the next 5 years? Who are…
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How are these IMPOSSIBLE tricks done? Reacting to your answers...
We asked the collective genius of our list for potential methods to achieve the following trick: You can have any card freely chosen, lost in the deck, and then… Drop the deck and let gravity cut to their card. Don’t even touch the deck, simply place it on the table and blow to their card.…
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The Greatest Plots in Magic
In this podcast we discuss... Our favorite plots and our audience’s favorite plots—are they the same? Our top 5 plots in card magic The most underrated plot in magic The magic we actually enjoy after 10+ years in the industry MUCH MORE!
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Jeff Kowalk - How to make your magic timeless
Jeff Kowalk is many things - from the stage presence ‘Psychic CPA’ who puts on incredible shows for corporate events, to the CFO of Vanishing Inc. to a beloved magic YouTuber ‘Erudite Magic’ there’s not much about magic from business to performing Jeff doesn’t have a hand in. In this podcast, he...
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Joel Dickinson - Prolific Creator, Lifelong Performer
In the podcast, we discussed: - Joel’s creative process that lets him put out hit after hit (honestly, this answer was NOT what we expected) - Joel’s transition from performer to creator (and why he’s making the switch) - The crazy world of magic piracy and Joel’s efforts to combat it - A story...
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We Performed Street Magic With Ellusionist and it Was...
In this episode, we share anecdotes and takeaways from our recent trip performing magic on the busy streets of London while filming with the incredible team over at Ellusionist. Check out Ellusionist latest releases here: https://ellusionist.com/ Sign up for our email list here:...
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Valentin Danneville - How He STOLE Blackpool...
Valentin Danneville is an incredible French magician who STOLE the show at Blackpool with his incredible sound manipulation feats. His magic truly has to be seen to be believed and we're delighted to welcome him onto the podcast. You can check out his Instagram here:...
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Our Top 5 Favorite Sleights! (We did not agree...)
In this episode, we discuss our top 5 favorite sleights! We discussed 'The Silk Switch' in this episode which you can pick up here: https://thedailymagician.com/the-silk-switch
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Blackpool Magic Convention 2024 RECAP
Our recap of Blackpool Magic Convention 2024! This podcast features everything from the biggest foolers to professional tips for dealers. Check out our latest release we announced in this podcast here: https://thedailymagician.thrivecart.com/the-kaleidoscope-project/
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Tobias Dostal - Where Art and Magic Meet
Tobias Dostal is one of the world's most unique magicians. He combines modern art and magic in a way we've never seen done anywhere else. In this podcast, we quiz him on everything from his 'special bag' to where he believes art and magic meet.
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Markobi - How To Become The World Champion of Magic
Some key parts of this podcast include... Markobi’s story of preparing for and winning FISM The magicians who have most inspired Markobi How to practice ‘boring’ moves in a very fun way
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Scott Wells - The Magic Podfather: 796 Episodes and Counting...
In this podcast, you'll learn... Skills Scott learned in the high-stakes world of negotiating and advertising that have helped his magic career How he’s built out one of the biggest podcasts in magic and lessons he’s learned along the way Some of Scott’s most memorable discussions and guests…
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Magical Katrina pt.1 - From Kids Shows to Penn and Teller
Katrina Kroetch has professionally performed her unique blend of playful and whimsical magic worldwide in over 18 different countries such as France, Germany, Africa, India, Mexico, and even America (wow). She has been a cast member of the international touring show Champions of Magic and a...
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Bao Magic - Creator, Performer, Innovator
Meet Bao Hoang, the magician who's been amazing audiences for over 16 years! With his fast-growing community on social media, Bao has become a content creation sensation, with over 21k followers on Instagram, 170k on TikTok, and 150k on YouTube. Brands like Subaru, McDonald's, and Gillette have...
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Luke Oseland - What All Magicians Can Learn From Comedy
Luke’s fast-paced thinking and unique approach to magic have landed him jobs writing for top magicians around the globe such as Dynamo, Julius Dein, and Joel M. His creations and magic have been viewed almost 1 billion times, cross-platform. Now, Luke performs his mix of magic and comedy on…
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A Legendary Coin Magician’s Fresh Take on Card Magic! - Deep Dives with Danny Goldsmith #3
In this episode, we explore a variety of topics, including... Why most card magicians fall into the trap of ignoring ‘real motivation’ How his coin moves inspired much of his original takes on card magic! How asking the question ‘how would a spectator do this’ is the key to performing and…
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Biz from BBM - Life Long Creator and Sleight of Hand Master
In this podcast… Why posting on Instagram every day is one of the modern day miracle paths to true sleight of hand mastery! The crazy literal ‘rock and roll’ story behind the creation of the famous Karnival decks. Why self working card tricks aren’t as ‘lame’ as most magicians think they are (and...
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Why every magician should perform the ’Which Hand’ routine
In this podcast, we went over everything we love about this routine, along with a lot more, including… Why we decided to learn every ‘which hand’ routine we could find in 7 days The greatest ‘which hand’ performances we’ve witnessed (ft. Derren Brown) Why the which hand routine is...
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The Card Mechanic - YouTuber, Cardist and Playing Cards Creator!
The Card Mechanic is a YouTuber, Cardist, and Card Creator. He has hundreds of thousands of followers on all social media platforms and regularly creates incredibly high-quality content! In this podcast, we talk about a varied range of topics from the influence of coding on magic, to what it…
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Dustin Marks - He Beat the Casinos and NEVER Got Caught
Dustin Marks is, without question, one of the most successful blackjack cheaters in history. Possessing an uncanny ability to remain calm under pressure and the talent to perform undetectable sleight of hand under fire, he was employed as a blackjack dealer by several well-known casinos in Las...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Of Sleights and Men is ALL about thinking differently; the more we learn, the more interesting and innovative our magic/life is. We bring on magicians (and other guests) and ask them questions, in a relaxed setting, we guarantee you've never heard before.
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thedailymagician
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