Hello!

So excited to be releasing this episode of Magic Talk with you guys.

Today's conversation is with Teller from the legendary Penn & Teller.

As most of you already know, Teller doesn't speak when he is on stage, but in this episode he dropped countless knowledge bombs and gems that I've found to be super valuable advices.

Big thank you once again to Teller for being generous with his time and presence. Really loved every moment of this conversation.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Be sure to share the podcast with your magic friends!

07:00 The Secret of Misdirection

11:18 What makes art art.

11:55 Teller’s Favourite Acts on Fool Us

15:00 Self Expression in Magic

19:15 Why Teller stopped talking

21:30 How Penn & Teller Approach New Material

22:48 The Creative Process of P&T

24:30 Teller's view on Creativity

25:38 What happened with Madonna on SNL?

32:45 Teller’s thoughts on Social Media

34:00 Biggest misunderstanding about Fool Us

37:24 Lessons Teller learnt from Johnny Thompson

40:25 Penn & Teller learning The Great Thomsoni Act

47:30 A Johnny & Pam story

48:50 Teller’s advice for young magicians

Today we are speaking with Ben Seidman,

Ben is someone who I really admire in the industry, he has a unique ability to combine magic, stand up comedy, sleight of hand and pickpocketing all in one to create impactful experiences for his audience.

In this episode we talked about how Ben approaches new shows and TV appearances, we spoke about his take on combining comedy and magic and the process he uses to continuously refine his material.

Hope you enjoy the episode!

Anson

Today we are speaking with Harapan Ong.

Harapan is a wonderful magician from Singapore, he is an incredibly creative inventor of magic as well as the author of Principia, Close Cull & Stylo.

Harapan shared a his thoughts on how to apply story structures in magic to make your performance more impactful, why he thinks magic is the number one conversation killer and we discussed some of his more controversial opinions on magic.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Get in touch with me @mransonchen on IG if you have any feedback or ideas you'd like to share!

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Best,

Anson Chen