Desert Island Tricks

Larry Hass

October 30, 2026·1h 16m
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A Halloween special that goes way deeper than spooky props: Dr. Larry Hass joins us to talk about what makes magic feel like real mystery instead of a clever trick. Larry is known as the Philosopher Magician and you hear it in the way he thinks about perception, theatre and why a performance should have texture, structure and emotional movement, not just a string of effects. We also get a moving inside look at Eugene Berger’s legacy. Larry shares how Eugene secretly arranged two posthumous bo...

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