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Each week, host Jamie Daws invites one of the biggest guests in the world of magic to maroon themselves on the Alakazam Magic desert island. They are allowed to take with them 8 tricks, 1 book, 1 banishment and 1 non magic item that they use for magic! They even get a welcome package with a deck of card inside! We discuss their 'can't live without' lists and why those items were chosen.
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- 6 days ago1h 10m
Tom Stone
The fastest way to kill your creativity is to make it easy. Tom Stone explains why he keeps raising the bar for himself, how he avoids falling into a “system” and why a little struggle is often the best sign your magic is still alive. We also get the inside story on his hands-on magic workshops, built as an antidote to passive lectures. Instead of sitting back and consuming, participants try everything in the room and focus on the real tools of creation: structure, drama, misdirection and tim...
- 1 weeks ago1h 15m
Christopher Carter
If you’ve ever watched mentalism drag under too much procedure, Christopher Carter brings a refreshing counterpoint: move fast, stay direct and make the audience feel the mind reading before they think about the method. We talk about why attention spans are shrinking across the board, how that shift changed the college show market and what still holds up when you’re working corporate events, theatres and even cruise ships. Christopher walks us through the core pieces of his working act,...
- 2 weeks ago1h 24m
Pete Heat
A billionaire builds a Star Wars-shaped house in Portugal, hires a team to stage a “mind-reading” AI, and throws a party so convincing that guests keep asking how to buy the fake technology even after the reveal. That’s where we start with magician and consultant Pete Heat, whose career spans TV, theatre, brand campaigns, and immersive events where belief is the real special effect. We get into the unglamorous but career-changing truth behind getting booked: people need to see you working. Pe...
- 3 weeks ago26 min
Stranded with a Stranger: Tim Ambrose
A single moment can reboot your creativity and for Tim Ambrose, it happened in a Las Vegas hotel mall while everyone else went out for the night. He wandered into a magic shop, watched the free demos again and again and felt the same rush he’d had as a kid seeing his brother perform. That spark turned into years of collecting, performing for friends and building friendships through local magic shops, the kind of brick and mortar spaces that feel like a clubhouse for close-up magicians. ...
- Jun 26, 20261h 19m
Steve Faulkner
Often, it feels like you have total control when performing magic. But what if everything depended on a split second? That’s where Steve Faulkner begins his desert island journey. He’s a British Close-Up Magic Champion, a working performer and the face behind Real Magic Reviews, which means he sees more new magic tricks than most of us could learn in a lifetime, then has to decide what’s actually worth doing for real people. We put Steve on the desert island and build his essential set from t...
- Jun 19, 20261h 57m
Guy Hollingworth
A magic classic finally gets its next chapter and the creator is as thoughtful as you’d hope. We’re joined by magical royalty, Guy Hollingworth to talk about More Drawing Room Deceptions, the highly anticipated follow-up to his legendary Drawing Room Deceptions, plus the re-release of the original book with a new chapter that shows how his routines have evolved through real performance. If you care about strong plots, clean handling and material that lasts beyond the hype cycle, this conversa...
- Jun 12, 20261h 28m
Oscar Leonard
A cruise ship theatre looks glamorous from the outside but the work is brutally practical: your show has to reset fast, pack down smaller than you want and still hit like a full-scale stage production. We sit down with Oscar Leonard, resident magician on Virgin Voyages for the past three years and newly named an Associate Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star, to unpack what that reality teaches you about building commercial magic and mentalism that actually lands. Os...
- Jun 5, 20261h 31m
Michael Vincent
Your magic can be technically flawless and still feel forgettable. This conversation with Michael Vincent hit us like a wake-up call: the real goal is the experience you leave with the spectator, not the applause for your hands. Michael opens up about stepping away from performing to care for his mother, then returning with a new approach built around purpose, discipline, and audiences who choose to be there. The list becomes a deep dive into close-up magic and parlour magic fundamental...
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Each week, host Jamie Daws invites one of the biggest guests in the world of magic to maroon themselves on the Alakazam Magic desert island. They are allowed to take with them 8 tricks, 1 book, 1 banishment and 1 non magic item that they use for magic! They even get a welcome package with a deck of card inside! We discuss their 'can't live without' lists and why those items were chosen.
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